[icon-discuss] Re: Interesting Idea
- From: "John Esak" <john@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:41:16 -0400
Hi,
I understand your pain about passwords. But, for future reference, most
motherboards have a header on them which can be jumped with a standard
jumper. This completely clears the CMOS and resets everything back to
factory settings including all passwords. You should never have to throw
one away.
John
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From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael McCarty
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:12 AM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Interesting Idea
One thing to remember, especially for the Braille+ is that we sell these to
schools for student use. I'd hate to be the tech who had to fool with
passwords and all the changes kids could make to the various units, what a
headache!
Having been in computer repair and recycling, I can tell you that one of the
most aggravating aspect of customer service and tech support is the
introduction of a password on the CMOS or operating system of a computer.
People tend to forget their passwords, or enter spaces or other symbols that
are impossible to guess. I know that's the purpose of a password, but when
someone tells you that the password is dog and they leave off the fact that
they put a tilda at the end, it can really be aggravating. We used to throw
entire motherboards away because we couldn't get into the CMOS because of a
password.
Now, I'm not saying that your idea is a bad one, what I might ask is could
we password protect a folder or group of folders instead of the entire
system?
From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:14 PM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Interesting Idea
I just thought of an interesting idea for a future release. For those of you
who have owned Pocket PC devices or PACmates, you will be familiar with
this, but for those who don't I should explain. In the Pocket PC environment
you get the opportunity to password-protect your device. In the case of
Mobile Speak Pocket, there are even some devices with finger print scanners.
If your device is stolen, you can have it set so that if the thief has 3
failed password attempts, the unit will excecute a hard reset and wipe
everything as a protective measure. I was thinking about something similar
for the Icon. To make it even more complexing for the thief, however, and
less likely to try it in the first place, I think the password should be
limited to thumb braille only. Any thoughts on this?
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