Not strictly crypto, but a key issue

[Owen Blacker]

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> > OK, it's probably not as secure as it could be,  I am after all
> > trusting someone else's cryptography on the organiser (that will
> > change when I get the time) but where do you draw the line? 
> 
> Hmm. the "password protection" on most personal organizers is
> trivially bypassable - are you at least using a crypto add-on?  

ISTR that the crypto on a Psion device is actually quite secure
against brute forcing.  I may (as always) be talking complete
bollocks, but I shall enquire of the friend of mine who works for one
of their distributors for a more complete crypto spec.


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