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Android's Smart Lock Won't Ask You For a Password Until You Set Your Phone Down
jfruh writes Nothing confronts you with how addicted you are to your phone more than constantly taking it out of your pocket and entering your passcode over and over again to unlock. But without fanfare, Google is releasing an Android update that might solve the problem: a "smart lock" that can figure out if your phone has been set down since the last time you unlocked it. As long as it stays on your person, you won't need to re-enter your password.
It's rather worse if it gets stolen from your pocket.
What situation would make you hand over your phone but not your pass?
It's just an example of a solution looking for a problem
Is your claim that nobody is frustrated by having to frequently re-enter a passcode? You do realize that most people's "solution" to this problem is to have no passcode at all, right?
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
This is one of the most common forms of phone theft these days - not the traditional "violent mugging" but the most basic form of physical robbery - grab it quickly out of someone's unsuspecting hand as they walk down the street focussed on their phone and not the world around them. Then run or bike away. I haven't known someone have their phone stolen in a "mugging-style" robbery in many years, but I personally know of four people (in London) who have had their phone stolen by this method recently.
It's all about risk and reward. The maximum reward is the same: One phone. The risk is much bigger for a violent crime. It takes longer. Someone might come and help the victim. The police might actually care and come after a thief who draws a knife or hits someone. The punishment is a lot higher, armed robbery + assault instead of theft.