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The answer is: pretty easy.
Both phone locking technologies are not about securely protecting data, they are about preventing the phone from casual looks when you are away for 5 minutes and left your phone. And TouchID does a better job for this case.
All these academic arguments about the security of fingerprints are interesting but completely are detached from the day-to-day use of TouchID. I've been using it for about a week or so now. It's incredibly convenient. It unlocks my phone almost instantly. It prevents random people near by phone from being unable to unlock it. If a thief got their hands on it, they'd have a few attempts to unlock it with a fake finge…
All these academic arguments about the security of fingerprints are interesting but completely are detached from the day-to-day use of TouchID. I've been using it for about a week or so now. It's incredibly convenient. It unlocks my phone almost instantly. It prevents random people near by phone from being unable to unlock it. If a thief got their hands on it, they'd have a few attempts to unlock it with a fake finge…
s/TouchID/Face Unlock/g and back up about 2 years and you can find all the same things said about Ice Cream Sandwich. It's a cute feature. It's not going to change the world, sell another billion phones, push other companies out of the market, or save anyone from serious attacks. It's probably a good idea to enable it anyway.
All these academic arguments about the security of fingerprints are interesting but completely are detached from the day-to-day use of TouchID. I've been using it for about a week or so now. It's incredibly convenient. It unlocks my phone almost instantly. It prevents random people near by phone from being unable to unlock it. If a thief got their hands on it, they'd have a few attempts to unlock it with a fake finge…
As a side note, I'd be worried that anyone can wipe my phone if they get their hands on it for a minute.
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I would be very surprised if it is that high now even with the early adopter skew. Reports say that last year it was around a quarter of smartphone users use passcode locks on their work phone ( http://www.welivesecurity.com/2012/02/28/sizing-up-the-byod-... ). I imagine 5S rates are higher than that, but 90% would be insanely impressive. When it comes to computer security, as usual, people's apathy is the biggest pr…
Isn't passcode required to get exchange email on iOS?
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does touchid have the disadvantage of keeping your friends and family unable to use your phone in cases of emergency? 95% of the time, my phone isnt next to adversaries, but trusted parties. a password or code is transferrable, fingerprint isnt. edit; not 911emergency, but casual situations of full or dirty hands..
You can add ten fingers, or you can give them your code, or they can dial 911 with a fully locked phone. So no, it's slightly easier for a relative to use in an emergency than a typical locked phone.
Edit: I went to it. I leads to a special dialer. Instead of voicemail the button leads to a special emergency contact (or list). It only shows 4 inputs on top so I am guessing that is the limit so you can't dial anything but emergency services (that are 4 numbers or shorter). Then it goes back to my lock screen.
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s/TouchID/Face Unlock/g and back up about 2 years and you can find all the same things said about Ice Cream Sandwich. It's a cute feature. It's not going to change the world, sell another billion phones, push other companies out of the market, or save anyone from serious attacks. It's probably a good idea to enable it anyway.
Except TouchID, from what I gather, actually works. Not "works" in the sense of keeping bad people out, but "works" in the sense that when I use it my phone unlocks. I tried face unlock briefly on the Google Nexus I've got and disabled it shortly after when I found that it was unreliable. Poor lighting, too much lighting, a bad hair day, it wasn't even at 80% for successful unlocks.
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Except TouchID, from what I gather, actually works. Not "works" in the sense of keeping bad people out, but "works" in the sense that when I use it my phone unlocks. I tried face unlock briefly on the Google Nexus I've got and disabled it shortly after when I found that it was unreliable. Poor lighting, too much lighting, a bad hair day, it wasn't even at 80% for successful unlocks.
does touchid have the disadvantage of keeping your friends and family unable to use your phone in cases of emergency? 95% of the time, my phone isnt next to adversaries, but trusted parties. a password or code is transferrable, fingerprint isnt. edit; not 911emergency, but casual situations of full or dirty hands..
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An iPhone that is wiped, even in DFU mode, requires the Apple ID and password immediately after it is booted for the first time. Basically, a stolen iPhone is only worth the sum of its parts so they can be used to repair other phones.
How does this work? I sold my old iphone to amazon. I never reported it "unstolen" or whatever to apple. Amazon paid me $200 for iPhone parts?
So if it works as advertised, stolen iPhones and iPads will only be worth the sum of their parts.