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iPhone security is a joke

EricNau said:
I can see why you might think that, but such implementations would inevitably lead to a terrible customer experience.

It's bad enough that customers who forget their passcode lose all their data; can you imagine having to tell them that they can't use their $600 phone too?

There are a large number of customers who don't live near an Apple Store to have their passcode retrieved, and many can't remember their Apple IDs either. Plus, many people never even sync their phone (even fewer sync it regularly).

Simply, it would be a logistical nightmare. Every Apple Store would have a line of angry customers who needed their passcode retrieved.

Remember one of Apple's philosophies: simpler is better. And that's why people love the iPhone.
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Who said it needed to be mandatory?

It could be for users who know what they're doing to set up if they need it.

Without a locking sim slot the other things could be implemented quite easily by Apple.
I can't believe there's so many people that disagree that better security would be a good thing, it's really amazing.
I bet they'd be the first ones to praise apple if they implemented a feature that allowed you to only wipe/turn off the phone with a password (as opposed to a 4 digit passcode).

Neither does the argument that no other phones do this make sense.
No other phones had a capacitive touch screen or an app store before they iPhone, does that mean they were bad ideas?


Not allowing phones to be wiped without a password would make them useless to thieves.
No ifs, ands or buts - that's a simple fact.

You may never get it back if they remove the sim, but the thief will NEVER be able to use it either.
Thus making mugging you for your iPhone completely pointless.

Surely no one can disagree? :confused:
 
andymac2210 said:
Surely no one can disagree? :confused:
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Yes, I disagree.

My guess: For every 1 iPhone stolen there will be 1,000 people who have a huge problem and can't remember their password to get their phone to work. Right now I can at least fix any problem someone gets themselves into by wiping the phone.

In other words, you'd help some people and piss off many, many more.

That's just bad math.
 
I taught myself how to pick locks in about a month. A locking sim slot will only keep honest people out just like the locks on a door.

Fact of the matter is any security system can be beat and never underestimate a criminal. Security is so sophisticated in places not because criminals are stupid.

I think the security is just fine. Anymore would be obnoxious to honest people.
 
Major downfall is for GSM iPhone. Technically if you lost a CDMA iPhone you could at the very least erase it before they restore it since they have no sim card to remove thus limiting internet access and at least you get the satisfaction of knowing the phone can never be activated. Still at a loss for a phone though.
 
Diseal3 said:
Major downfall is for GSM iPhone. Technically if you lost a CDMA iPhone you could at the very least erase it before they restore it since they have no sim card to remove thus limiting internet access and at least you get the satisfaction of knowing the phone can never be activated. Still at a loss for a phone though.
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4S have sim cards on CDMA unlike the 4.
 
lol you think every phone all millions of them would have a unique key to unlock the sim tray?

what about all our money be stored in a micochip behind our eyes so if we lose the paper stuff we just scan our eye to disable the lost money a print off some more
 
Would you pay double for a phone with such features? Because its just how much it would probably cost to manufacture such a thief proof phone..... Besides I don't think that there's something like thief proof, so you might as well forget it.
 
iisforiphone said:
lol you think every phone all millions of them would have a unique key to unlock the sim tray?

what about all our money be stored in a micochip behind our eyes so if we lose the paper stuff we just scan our eye to disable the lost money a print off some more
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Let's grab your eyes, LOL, I'll do it so it want hurt you too much 'k?
 
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