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Control center security concern
- Thread starter Gav2k
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if you are so nervous about it, shut off its access from the lock screen. personally, i dont see the need to access it from the lock screen. ive been fine without it in ios6, no need for that immediate kinda access when locked in ios 7.
I'm not nervous about it. My point is you can't switch the controls out but being able to throw a stolen device into airplane mode is a bit of a silly move on apples part.
you can turn off the control center from being active from the lock screen. this will prevent the issue. some people dont passcode lock their phones either. same thing, no passcode....just turn on airplane mode. its the end users responsibility to use their head and best judgement. if someone gets their car stolen because they left their keys in it unattended, shame on them. if someone leaves their phone unprotected, again, shame.\
passcode for airplane mode would be a good thing for extra security, but its easily avoided by disabling its access from the lockscreen anyways. its redundant in a way.
I really think your missing my point! I personally do not want to switch the feature off because access to timers and calculator have made my life easier for work. But you cannot customise the panel so an unsuspecting user has this on by default could potentionally lose the ability to track a stolen device due to what I would call a security flaw
no, i understood your point perfectly. im just saying, sure it would be nice to passcode protect your airplane mode, but its not gonna happen. as i stated, turn control center off from lock screen, take the two seconds to put your passcode in and then use control center. one simple step avoids this whole ordeal. since this step practically mimics your idea, apple wont do it.
Control center needs to be customisable. Personally being able to access certain features without putting in a passcode is a big plus for me. I'll submit another bug report as this should be looked at
yea, submitting a bug report for a suggestion isnt really going to get you anywhere. and like i said, they would tell you just to do the same thing i told you to do. i bet their chances of listening to your suggestion wont work, since an easy fix is again, just turn off CC from the lockscreen.
I don't get it, why care if someone turns on airplane mode? If you have activation lock on the phone becomes useless
Because airplane mode disables all radio communication. Hence, find my iphone does not work. Only option if that feature is not accessible is to turn off the phone.
At least that's my understanding.
I agree that it should be customisable, Apple want to make things simpler for users, so IMO users should be able to put whatever they want in CC that will make their use of their iDevice simpler to use!
I would have thought, Activation lock would only work if the phone has an internet connection otherwise how would it receive the info to activate the activation lock! Therefore if the phone has been switched to Airplane mode, this action cannot be performed!
I don't think you get the point, 15 different options in CC, there is 1 the OP doesn't want. Therefore switching it off removes 14 options which he may want to use!
I would have though the iDevice thieves that are big in the game would rather stick it in airplane mode then shoving it into reset mode, rather than switching the device off, for the simple reason if the owner hits Activation lock whilst the idevice is switched off, then when the phone is switched back on it will then get a signal which will push the activation lock through to the device.
People are forgetting that the music controls have been moved into Control Center (from double tapping the home button), so you can't just get back to how things were in iOS 6.0 by disabling it.
Just to clarify, I'm talking about when something isn't currently playing.
Just to clarify, I'm talking about when something isn't currently playing.
While a device could be stolen and then put into airplane mode or even turned off, if the person wants to use it effectively they would need to wipe it and activate it under another user id which is something they won't be able to do once IOS 7 goes live. The device can only be activated by it's original user id unless that person had already manually removed the association with their user id e.g. prior to selling.
They could continue to use the phone using the legitimate owner's id but they would make it relatively easy to track down.
They could continue to use the phone using the legitimate owner's id but they would make it relatively easy to track down.
I pointed this out in the first beta, you're quite late with this, I just have it turned off.
So adding more options and settings to Control Center would make it simpler for users?
