Hacker News Reader

If you lose your phone is already game over. Here's a idea...if you have important data that you want to be secure.....DON"T KEEP IT ON YOUR PHONE.

How about that, huh ?

View on HN

How about making it more secure! Won't it solve the problem? It's just not about Mailbox app it's about all the apps that should protect user's data. Should they care about their user's data or leave it up to the device to protect it?

No. Sorry but encryption doesn't really solve the problem. If you lose the device with valuable info on it, the info will be recovered even if it's encrypted.

Encryption absolutely solves the problem. Otherwise any kind of online security would be impossible.

You might need to use an actual strong password though and not the 4 digit passcode.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com