Re: Re: SYMSA-2007-002: Palm OS Treo Find Feature System Password Bypass

[chgsupra1@aol.com]

You can view only a prefix or header of the memo/document/calendar...etc, but 
not the complete content. The edit/paste feature is only for the Find window. 
There is no short cut to open and view the contents of a document/memo...etc, 
when the phone is locked.

I can understand why Palm does not want to fix it. This is my opinion, it stems 
from feature richness: The initial state the phone is lock and then you 
received a call, then it provides the user the ability to search for 
contact/number/meeting/memo...etc (header/prefix only). If this Find feature is 
blocked, then user would have to hang-up the call and unlock the phone to 
retrieve the info, then call the user back.  I have run into this situation on 
many occasion, since I did not know of Find feature can be used in this mode.

The SecurityLockFindFix.prc is available to block the Find feature, but for the 
non-security minded person flexibility may overshadow security, but that is a 
personal matter. There is no personal choice when the Palm Treo is corporate 
own, so the fix should be applied.