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Unlocking your phone is done so frequently that many people opt not to secure it. The best security is one that you use. It's arguably more secure than a 4 numb
by CardenB 11y ago
Unlocking your phone is done so frequently that many people opt not to secure it. The best security is one that you use. It's arguably more secure than a 4 number passcode, which someone can easily watch you enter over your shoulder.
Buying things on the App Store requires you to type in a password for the first purchase every so often. Then you use your finger print.
- smileysteve 11y ago> It's arguably more secure than a 4 number passcode My friends often have to share their passcodes with me; at which point it's like, what's this adding?
- CydeWeys 11y agoI don't have a passcode on my phone to protect it from my friends ... similarly I don't have a lock on my front door (that I give spare keys to friends for) to protect me from my friends.
- smileysteve 11y agoThis is a good point. I guess that I think once you share it a few times and it's used regularly, then it becomes fairly public knowledge. Maybe this is a mis step from password security.
- CydeWeys 11y agoPasswords can always be changed to "reset the access list" if you will, if you're uncomfortable with how widely spread knowledge of the password has become. Biometrics, on the other hand ...