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On top of this, iOS 11 introduced an emergency mode that is enabled by tapping the standby button five times rapidly. It is easy to do discretely in your pocket
by n42 9y ago
On top of this, iOS 11 introduced an emergency mode that is enabled by tapping the standby button five times rapidly. It is easy to do discretely in your pocket, and it locks your phone by requiring your passcode to be entered again.
- joombaga 9y agoYou can achieve the same effect on some Android devices by exploiting the password lock from scanning the wrong finger repeatedly.
- irq-1 9y agoIf a judge issues a warrant allowing the police to compel the use of biometrics, can a person use the wrong finger? Courts can't compel someone enter their PIN. So can a court compel not only biometric "use" but the correct biometric? My Android forces PIN entry after 5 wrong fingerprints.
- tonyztan 9y agoIf you refuse to tell them which finger you used, and comply by only pressing whichever finger they ask you to press, they will have a 10% chance of getting in each time. So if you chose only 1 finger and you chose it randomly, they will have a 50% chance of getting in after 5 attempts.
- ithkuil 9y agoAnd hope they're biased against the middle finger
- valuearb 9y agoYou've always been able to do this on iOS as well, but it risks an obstruction of justice charge.
- crindy 9y agoOne thing to note: It's at least five times, not exactly. Just click that side button until your phone vibrates a bit and it's locked. I mainly see myself using this feature in high stress situations, like going through airport security or being pulled over, so not needing to count is a small plus.
- knolan 9y agoIt's also worth pointing out that iOS already has an option to erase your phone when the PIN is entered incorrectly a certain number of times. A lot of companies enforce this if you receive your work email on your device (eight times in my case). So if you are in a situation where a PIN is being demanded there's still a way to keep secure. Your phone can be easily restored from an iCloud backup once you've got access to wifi. You can always restore from another device or backup if there's data you don't want seen if somehow you can be compelled to do a restore.
- andrei_says_ 9y agoI'm not sure how I feel about storing 100+ GB in icloud and restoring it via my data plan.
- giobox 9y agoLocal encrypted backups via itunes are an option too, if you are traveling with a laptop.
- kccqzy 9y agoIs that still going to work? I have the impression that Apple is simplifying iTunes and removing everything but audio and video.
- giobox 9y agoI haven't tried since installing itunes 12.7 (the version that removes the App Store etc), but reports I've read suggest it still backs up everything with the notable exception of apps. These have to re-download from the appstore on the phone iteself presumably now. I'm assuming though that all app data is preserved (one would hope so!). Happy to be corrected if this proves not the case. From macdailynews: "iTunes backups are still there for iOS devices, but performing a restore won’t transfer your apps from your Mac, but will instead download them over the Internet from Apple, which is, of course, likely to be slower."