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"So based on one test on a version of linux that isn't even the one cited in the article you're ready to call this FUD? Looks like you have made up your mind before getting all the facts...hence your agenda is clear. Defend apple at all costs."

No, just getting the facts out. Such as: no /usr, /var or similar directories in the published screen-shots from the authors who whipped up the hysteric froth in the first place. The notion that you can plug an iPhone into a specific Ubuntu build and whoosh "all" its data out is unsupported by those screen-snaps.

I supposed if I were in the habit of taking nekkid photos or something, then I might prefer that the PIN be entered to mount anything at all. That's how Android does it, IIRC, and many users might find that to be bothersome. It's an arguable point--the tension between ease-of-use and security will always be with us--and IMHO the best way to do it would be a Settings switch which would allow the user of plug-and-play auto-mount or enter-a-PIN-first.

Meanwhile, your agenda couldn't be clearer, so mind that tendency towards projection, hm?

You do have a good point. On the iPhone can I control what goes in the public directory? Or will photos always go there by default? and I’d have to move them later to keep snoops out?

Personally everything should go to private on the phone and only after I approve them should they go to public. What if I’m working on a project and took a photo I didn’t want shared? What if I took a photo of my co-worker and I drunk at the bar and I really didn’t want her husband to see it?

You get the gist. A phone should default to being secure. This sounds like the same crap windows did in the past. They defaulted to installing everything and leaving everythign wide open. it was up to the user to lock it down.