I was at a meeting the other day, and about half of the 20 people sitting around the table placed their smart phone on the table in front of them. All of us see this behavior in restaurants. We see it in Starbucks, in training sessions, at the local pub, in the lunchroom at work, at your office desk, and wherever people sit at a table.
Why do people put their smart phone on the table? They didn’t do it when phones were just phones. Is placing your smart phone on the table in front of you a status symbol? Is it a way to strike up a conversation with the person next to you who may or may not have the same phone? Is the phone on the table so its owner can see new tweets as they appear or who is calling while your ringer is silent during the meeting?
I don’t put mine smart phone the table. My phone has so much high-value information on it, like my contacts, application files, emails, music, tweets, movies, and more. If I lost my phone or left it behind, my greatest concern would be the security risk—someone else accessing my Contact and emails. I just won’t take that risk.
Lost phones are a huge security risk for every business. Most IT departments would have us input a password before we could make a call or access our files.
But Apple is doing them one better. They applied for a patent last year to have the phone recognize you by your picture through the camera lens. Or it will know you by the sound of your voice or even your unique heartbeat!
But let me posit one question. If you elect to have your mobile phone recognize you by your heartbeat, and your phone doesn’t recognize you, what do you do? Dial 911? Or go straight to the Emergency room?
Here’s the source article:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/08/19/future_iphones_ipads_could_recognize_adjust_for_individual_users.html
Why do people put their smart phone on the table? They didn’t do it when phones were just phones. Is placing your smart phone on the table in front of you a status symbol? Is it a way to strike up a conversation with the person next to you who may or may not have the same phone? Is the phone on the table so its owner can see new tweets as they appear or who is calling while your ringer is silent during the meeting?
I don’t put mine smart phone the table. My phone has so much high-value information on it, like my contacts, application files, emails, music, tweets, movies, and more. If I lost my phone or left it behind, my greatest concern would be the security risk—someone else accessing my Contact and emails. I just won’t take that risk.
Lost phones are a huge security risk for every business. Most IT departments would have us input a password before we could make a call or access our files.
But Apple is doing them one better. They applied for a patent last year to have the phone recognize you by your picture through the camera lens. Or it will know you by the sound of your voice or even your unique heartbeat!
But let me posit one question. If you elect to have your mobile phone recognize you by your heartbeat, and your phone doesn’t recognize you, what do you do? Dial 911? Or go straight to the Emergency room?
Here’s the source article:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/08/19/future_iphones_ipads_could_recognize_adjust_for_individual_users.html
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