If I loose my palm, can someone steal the Keyring database?
Normally, this is not a problem for Keyring, because all the data is kept encrypted except when it is actually being used for display. However, it is possible that an attacker writes a program that automatically tries all common password (a brute-force attack). This is the reason why you should use a good random password of at least eight characters with letters, digits, and punctuation. Also it is theoretically possible that somebody could write a malicious application that when installed on your Palm device would steal the secret information next time you unlocked it. The reason is that every application installed on the Palm can read the memory and records of all other applications. This is why the HotSync application and similar utilities can backup all of the data on the handheld. I don’t know of any such program at the moment. In addition, it would need a cooperating PC conduit to take the information off the handheld and to the attacker. As long as you have a good password and d
