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[Christian Dywan <christian.dywan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your theoretical point stands.

But keep in mind that security is only useful so long as it doesn't 
obstruct usability. The reason why encryption isn't widely the norm is 
because it just isn't trivial and you usually have to make a choice 
between security and functionality.

An important call may tell you about an emergency situation - taking 
longer to pick it up may mean that you miss it. You might not have the 
details to call back the same person or no direction number making it 
very time consuming.

It could be you being unconscious on the floor while a helpful person 
could pick up to inform somebody who knows you.

Something to think about, if you haven't experienced any of these at 
least you might consider how vital the effects can be to others.

Regards,
   Christian

Am Do, 11. Jun, 2015 um 4:03 schrieb Matthias Apitz <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> El día Thursday, June 11, 2015 a las 09:44:06PM +0200, Torsten 
> Sachse escribió:
>
> >  > Nokia 3310 has green answer button I'm sure.
> >  > The interaction to access calls / messages on calls on ubuntu 
> > touch to me
> >  > is far superior than any other phone I've used
> >  >
> >  > Wayne
> >
> >  I partly agree. The only things I don't understand are 1) why the 
> > slider
> >  has to be so narrow and 2) why it is not located in the middle of 
> > the
> >  screen.  That would make it a lot easier to reach and to operate,
> >  expecially considering how today's phones get bigger and bigger but
> >  people's hands don't. I, for one, have comparatively small hands. 
> > On my
> >  android phone, the slider-equivalent used to be in the middle thus
> >  making it a lot easier to reach for me. It also had a back button 
> > on the
> >  upper left (software) and lower right (hardware) meaning I could 
> > use the
> >  phone with either hand. But that's another story.
>
> Sorry, but I keep thinking that if anyone who found a device which is
> locked by a passcode, but SIM signed in, can accept any incoming call,
> that this is a security issue. More, can the attacker after accepting 
> the call
> even make an outgoing call to "invite" a 3rd person into the 
> conference
> or has access to contact data while in the call? I have not tested 
> this.
> And keep in mind, the caller could be the attacker itself to get 
> access to this
> features on a normaly locked device.
>
> 	matthias
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