The pin part is for security, your device is encrypted on first boot until you put in your pin. If someone attempts to get in your phone even via connecting your phone to a PC they can’t because your phone is encrypted.
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That’s like the most useless setting ever because nobody enforces the language while commenting
I installed Tiny Core Linux on an old ass netbook laptop on which even Windows 7 kinda lagged. Went CLI only, no DE and made the laptop thousand times more usable. I’ve basically repurposed that laptop as an external hard drive for things I don’t need backed up but good to have a backup of.
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He was one of my favourite, sad he’s fallen down so much. Either didn’t get or rejected the help he needed
This is a Facebook tier post but I’m in the process of changing jobs with a decent pay raise so it resonates with me.
I’d love to move to Linux but I play some old ass games that I’ve no idea if they’ll work. I missed out a lot of games since my PC was pure ass and it’s just something I like doing.
For eg I want to play OG Deus Ex (never done before), and do a replay of Morrowind with fancy mods. I also recently replayed Splinter Cell because I felt like it.
I mean in software terms it’s ancient. It’s also the last mainstream OS which was popular before phones became the defacto target device of choice for every new software application.
I don’t like that Windows 7 is old enough to unironically be called a classic.
And you had issues understanding the text?
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Just going to preface this by saying I’m not a security expert.
Phones have 2 encryptions states BFU (Before First Unlock) and AFU (After First Unlock). Self-explantory I think; when you login to your phone after putting in your password the first time, your phone will go into AFU state.
In BFU, almost everything is encrypted. In AFU if you dump the same data you will basically get a lot more information because some of the data is now decrypted. That’s basically why you can access notifications, change settings around from your lock screen when your phone has been unlocked once but not the first time after reboot.
As for why PIN – I’m not American but apparently in US you can be compelled by law to unlock your phone via fingerprint but law enforcement cannot force you to enter a PIN. More contributing factors: theoretically you can spoof biometrics more easily (I mean, people leave fingerprints everywhere), and one last thing is as a convenience factor it will help you to not forget your PIN (also why your phone will ask to re-enter your PIN every now and then)