Reply #8: So a while back at a panel discussion at a convention... [View All]

...I asked a so-called security expert when people were going
to start taking security seriously in portables, and being a
computer systems engineer fully aware that some systems might
decide to save a few pennies by implementing battery management
with the main cpu/software, the example I gave was what if a hack
were discovered that allowed ones cell phone battery to be
exploded, or just caught on fire.

The room saw fit to laugh me off. The "expert" said that
couldn't happen. Well, we'll see about that. Most Li-poly
batteries are time bombs if their safe operational parameters
are exceeded.

But I think he was right when he said people will never
take security seriously, unfortunately. I mean heck people
still send highly personal and sensitive information by
unencrypted email to this day. Sigh.