The private key for decrypting the data is on the device once you unlock it after coming back from a reboot. Your four digit PIN or lengthier password is the key. If you are using the fingerprint reader feature, it’s stored actively in memory the whole time, so that the phone can authenticate with it once your thumb…

Considering he vaporized the metal layer that hold the info, I don’t think you can do anything but throw it like a Frisbee

Pleading ignorance here...so electricity can erase them but can you record on it afterwards? Or did they just discover a cool way to destroy the CD, instead of bending and breaking it?

If the phone/tablet ever displays the data, even if it was encrypted, then that information could now be intercepted. Essentially, the encryption might not matter since it could be taken before and after the fact.

Actually, it does. If you have root level access to the phone, you can read all the data in the filesystem out unencrypted and send it over the network to whoever you’d like.

No, aluminum is just the frame

No, that aluminum is the frame.

All plastic according to a Moto rep:

No. 100% plastic (poly carbonate, *eyeroll*). Moto rep confirms:

It’s just a plastic display right?
That means scratch city.

Yes.

Something that isn’t being said enough about YouTube Red is that it’s included with your Google Play music subscription. That’s a plus at least.

I agree on the lack of pass through usb-c for charging. Expecting graphics options is a bit besides the point for a 3rd party accessory priced that low, I think. For the most part, the fail is on Apple’s end..

Tom is not suggesting anyone should borrow money they don’t have.

Yes, you’re the reason people make bad decisions.

So the 7% my investments earn is worth less than the 1.9% I’d be paying on a car loan? I’m confused. Please explain.

People like you are the reason people, despite the myriad information and resources out there, still make bad decisions with their money.

So i should pay cash on a 40k car when they offer me 0% for 72 months? My 40k in the worst savings acct i have, 1% will make roughly 400 in interest the 1st year. That is 2400 in interest over 6 years in a basic saving acct.

No. My current car loan is 0% interest.

That really depends on what you consider to be debt.