...and 20 of those 80 times is by accident while trying to view notifications in the lock screen.
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Apple's Average iPhone Users Unlock Their Devices 80 Times Per Day
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Anyone who can force you to hold your finger to the phone most likely can force you to tell them your code.
Probably not for you to type it though as your fingers will be broken
https://xkcd.com/538/
Entering your passcode every time you need to unlock your phone carries its own risks. Someone could observe you or record you entering your passcode. Then they wouldn't need your cooperation at all. Touch ID reduces the frequency where you risk exposing your passcode.
It is because we don't have a notification LED. I'd bet phone owners with a notification LED unlock 10 times less.
The usage logs would be pretty detailed I imagine. Anyone with even a vague sense of concern for privacy has probably already turned it off or will do given recent events.
The thing is, I don't actually mind Apple using my data for research and development. I trust them. But given that the FBI (and others) have proven they can and will bypass passcode locks (despite potential illegality of doing so) to steal my information I simply must stand against that as a matter of principal, and so Apple loses out by not getting my usage data.
If Apple collected this data in such a way as it wasn't stored on my phone then I might feel better about it because once it's sent it's completely anonymous so there's no way the Feds could ask Apple for it.
The state is already much more powerful than any individual and they don't deserve access to more than they already have considering computers have basically enabled mass surveillance already.
The thing is, I don't actually mind Apple using my data for research and development. I trust them. But given that the FBI (and others) have proven they can and will bypass passcode locks (despite potential illegality of doing so) to steal my information I simply must stand against that as a matter of principal, and so Apple loses out by not getting my usage data.
If Apple collected this data in such a way as it wasn't stored on my phone then I might feel better about it because once it's sent it's completely anonymous so there's no way the Feds could ask Apple for it.
The state is already much more powerful than any individual and they don't deserve access to more than they already have considering computers have basically enabled mass surveillance already.
5 years ago I had an HTC Ozone Windows phone. It was an absolute piece of garbage, but the LEDs are the one feature that I miss and wish my iPhone could have.
Between continuity on my Mac and my Apple Watch, I hardly unlock my iPhone at all during the day. In the evening I mostly use my iPad, and I have to tether it to my iPhone if I want mobile data. Wow, the iPhone is really turning into a central hub.
This definitely explains me. Touch ID is so fast on the 6s, most of the time when I'm viewing a notification, I accidently unlock my phone. It's obviously not a huge deal, but I would say that in my experience, I mistakenly unlock my phone a handful of times (or more) throughout the day.
The legal president is split by state on this, and there hasn't been a supreme court case to clarify it yet. But there have been times when the courts have ordered people to unlock their phones with a PIN.
Heh. That's like my wife claiming she "saved lots of money" by buying the entire store on sale
Nope. In reality, she SPENT lots of money!
Similarly, if you unlock your phone that many times a day, you've already wasted years of your life, perhaps for no reason!
(Notification lights (or always on screen section), FTW.)
Nothing's really anonymous. For example, Apple keeps track of us by a device # that changes once in a while, instead of by user id. That's supposed to help, and it does for most things.
Siri voice requests can be held by Apple for up to three years. Yes, the associated device id drops off after a while. But you know what? Let's say a voice snippet for a text message says, "Okay, Donald, I'll pay you a million dollars if you make me the ambassador to Spain after election", is that truly anonymous?
Or perhaps, "Tom, Mike and I'll meet you at Max's Bar in downtown Austin tonight, to plan the bank robbery." Anonymity is also dependent on the data itself having no clues!
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I doubt it. During the work day my iPhone is in my pocket. If I feel it vibrate I press Touch ID as I remove the iPhone from my pocket so I can see why it vibrated to begin with. If your use case is you keep your phone in front of your face 24x7 then maybe.
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Keeps track how? Apple can't decide my iMessage or FaceTime.Heh. That's like my wife claiming she "saved lots of money" by buying the entire store on sale
Nope. In reality, she SPENT lots of money!
Similarly, if you unlock your phone that many times a day, you've already wasted years of your life, perhaps for no reason!
(Notification lights (or always on screen section), FTW.)
Nothing's really anonymous. For example, Apple keeps track of us by a device # that changes once in a while, instead of by user id. That's supposed to help, and it does for most things.
Siri voice requests can be held by Apple for up to three years. Yes, the associated device id drops off after a while. But you know what? Let's say a voice snippet for a text message says, "Okay, Donald, I'll pay you a million dollars if you make me the ambassador to Spain after election", is that truly anonymous?
Or perhaps, "Tom, Mike and I'll meet you at Max's Bar in downtown Austin tonight, to plan the bank robbery." Anonymity is also dependent on the data itself having no clues!
Anybody that uses Siri to text:"joe and bob the bank robbery is on for 8pm". Stupid is as stupid does. In essence you can use Siri to frame someone with circumstantial evidence is the other side of it.
True, Apple has those servers set up currently so they can't decode the messages. (A man in the middle attack with a fake server could do so, by using its own keys.)
However, Apples does keep logs which show with whom you tried to Facetime.
Those logs are kept for up to 30 days, and can be obtained via search warrant.
http://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/law-enforcement-guidelines-us.pdf
Sure a mtm would do it. But Apple may save who you tried to contact but I've never heard of FaceTime or iMessage being hacked. In theory anything is possible bit what is probable and realistic.
True, not probable, but apparently possible.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/contrary-to-public-claims-apple-can-read-your-imessages/
I probably access it way more than that, but that's by accident. I still haven't retrained myself to use the power button to check notifications.
All I want to do is see new notifications and out of habit "tap" the home button. But the stupid thing is so fast now it just opens the phone. Sometimes I try to use the side of my finger, or my fingernail, or a finger that I haven't registered, but most of the time I forget and, boom the screen is gone.
I sure wish I could set a delay for when it reads my finger.
All I want to do is see new notifications and out of habit "tap" the home button. But the stupid thing is so fast now it just opens the phone. Sometimes I try to use the side of my finger, or my fingernail, or a finger that I haven't registered, but most of the time I forget and, boom the screen is gone.
I sure wish I could set a delay for when it reads my finger.