[MichiganMan]

Never even thought of that! And what about Mr. Prosecutor working with Mr. Guard at the court house, where a judge bans phones? Easy way to get all the data from the defense attorney's phone...

Maybe... but to be fair that would be a pretty extreme violation of attorne/client privilege, like a Nifong level ethics violation.  Not to say it wouldn't happen ever, but all the prosecutors I've known are habitually averse to ethical violations like that leading me to believe that most in the profession are as well. 

[for-q-clinton]

Maybe... but to be fair that would be a pretty extreme violation of attorne/client privilege, like a Nifong level ethics violation. Not to say it wouldn't happen ever, but all the prosecutors I've known are habitually averse to ethical violations like that leading me to believe that most in the profession are as well.

then why even have security at all if we are to presume everyone will be honest and do the right thing. Often times locks are made just strong enough to keep the mostly-honest person away. A thief who wants the phone data could just steal the entire phone. So the PIN here should block this type of access like it does on android and windows mobile.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Maybe... but to be fair that would be a pretty extreme violation of attorne/client privilege, like a Nifong level ethics violation. Not to say it wouldn't happen ever, but all the prosecutors I've known are habitually averse to ethical violations like that leading me to believe that most in the profession are as well.

Oh, I fully agree! But then again, we have the example that proves it should be at least a moderate concern: Nifong!