My phone is fully encrypted and is secured by a 6-digit PIN and my fingerprints.
What level of security do you have in mind?
What level of security do you have in mind?
How secure is secure enough?
My phone is fully encrypted and is secured by a 6-digit PIN and my fingerprints. What level of security do you have in mind? |
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More than what I've got...
I don't even have a lock set up on mine yet. Just haven't done it. (I don't use it for work, etc. My Google accounts are locked down.) Yeah, it has nothing to do with payments and it's stupid. But I'm not going to start using my phone for payments until it's locked down. And I'm not going to lock it down until I'm sure I won't get in a pathological condition if I forget or mistype the PIN, etc., etc. Finger-print readers (FPR) and similar biometrics are the way to go, of course, assuming the technology is nearly bullet proof. Of course, fingerprints can be and have been stolen and you can't make new ones. It's not a hypothetical and it's something to consider. The Nexus 4 doesn't have a FPR. Again, no tinfoil hattery here, just being a laggard. It's something to consider when getting a new phone and deciding how to use it. Cheers, Scott. |
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Re: How secure is secure enough?
"My phone is fully encrypted and is secured by a 6-digit PIN and my fingerprints." possibly. If I had your phone, take the sim to a vanilla iphone is it still secured? Just curious you can kill people for America at age 18 but need to be 21 to buy a beer |
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Yep
You power cycle the phone and you'll need to enter the PIN before you can use Touch ID. You'll also need to enter the Apple ID password the first time you try to use it (in the iTunes Store etc) after a power cycle, too. The SIM doesn't participate in device security, although I could of course set a PIN on that too. If you half inch the SIM then you can use my data, I guess. I have unlimited calls and texts. |