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Trouble is, a PIN code is useful as a very casual line of defence (threat model: your brother picking up the device and messing with your stuff). It's terrible
by cannam 8y ago
Trouble is, a PIN code is useful as a very casual line of defence (threat model: your brother picking up the device and messing with your stuff). It's terrible that the obvious means to avoid that threat is also something that could lose you access to your device entirely.
- lathiat 8y agoThat's actually not the case, the PIN doesn't lock out your iOS device. iCloud Activation Lock does. It requires that if you factory reset the device (without first disabling icloud activation lock), you must authenticate with the same iCloud account it was previously using to "unlock" it. This is designed precisely to make stolen iOS devices (and logic boards) worthless. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365