WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy do modern phones have device encryption on by default, but computers do not? Why doesn't computers also get encryption on by default?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down13
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhy do modern phones have device encryption on by default, but computers do not? Why doesn't computers also get encryption on by default?WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·1 year agoPhones are computers. If you’re talking about desktop PCs, we don’t put those in our pockets and carry them literally everywhere and drop them and lose them in random places.
minus-squareWtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago we don’t put those in our pockets and carry them literally everywhere and drop them and lose them in random places Ahh, interesting. I’ve never thought about that aspect. But what about laptops tho? Aren’t they just as vulnerable as mobile devices?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoNo, because again, you’re not carrying your laptop around literally everywhere.
Phones are computers.
If you’re talking about desktop PCs, we don’t put those in our pockets and carry them literally everywhere and drop them and lose them in random places.
Ahh, interesting. I’ve never thought about that aspect. But what about laptops tho? Aren’t they just as vulnerable as mobile devices?
No, because again, you’re not carrying your laptop around literally everywhere.