Why do you lock your smartphone? To keep unauthorized eyes from being able to view your data? To keep that data safe and secure for when you need it? The new HTC One M8 is getting attention this week due to a security feature that tries to protect your phone by doing a factory reset after too many failed attempts to unlock it, but is this is case of good intentions going awry? After five failed unlock attempts, the phone freezes-up for thirty seconds to discourage random guessing. As users attempt to unlock the phone beyond this, the count of ...
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