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It'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 companie
by knolan 9y ago
It'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."