It's the biggest usability improvement on a mobile device, IMO, in recent memory.
This is almost as fast as not using a password.
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It's the biggest usability improvement on a mobile device, IMO, in recent memory.
This is almost as fast as not using a password.
Then maybe both sensors on both my phone was defective? LOL!
My friends also complain that they do not reach but about 80%.
80% is a different percentage from what you have said ...
And it's probably higher than that.
I can put my three fingers recorded in almost every orientation on the sensor and it works 90% of the times on the first attempt and 100% on the second.
I've never set one up on my iPhone 5 because I find it to be an annoyance when I want to check a text or a Facebook notification on the go. My boyfriend and I also are in the car a lot together and have each other respond to things when one of us is driving. It's just easier for us to not bother.
Quite honestly as a 20-something, my entire life is on the internet. I use different and complex passwords for banking, iTunes, Amazon, email, etc. But I try not to be paranoid about my phone getting stolen. What would a thief do? Send dick pics to my entire college campus?
If I lived somewhere where smartphone theft is higher, I might worry. But in a college town where smartphones are everywhere and I have Find My iPhone set up, it's not a huge worry. Seriously, my boyfriend lost his iPhone 5 in the KCI airport and got it back when he returned from his trip out of the country. It's not New York or San Francisco here.
As for my family members getting spammed, they use Yahoo email. They're already asking for spam without a thief finding it on my phone.
Quite honestly as a 20-something, my entire life is on the internet. I use different and complex passwords for banking, iTunes, Amazon, email, etc. But I try not to be paranoid about my phone getting stolen. What would a thief do? Send dick pics to my entire college campus?
If I lived somewhere where smartphone theft is higher, I might worry. But in a college town where smartphones are everywhere and I have Find My iPhone set up, it's not a huge worry. Seriously, my boyfriend lost his iPhone 5 in the KCI airport and got it back when he returned from his trip out of the country. It's not New York or San Francisco here.
As for my family members getting spammed, they use Yahoo email. They're already asking for spam without a thief finding it on my phone.
I live in a place with a low crime rate. I lock my doors, i lock my cars, i have a heavy metal safe in the house, i shred sensitive documents. Every computer has a password.
Even though I'm not "worried" I still take certain precautions in my life. Passwords are just one of the many artifacts of a modern life.
Even though I'm not "worried" I still take certain precautions in my life. Passwords are just one of the many artifacts of a modern life.
So you don't have any email hooked up to your bank account? and as for family and friends, they ALL use Yahoo, so they should get spammed. Also how about their phone numbers? One way to reset eome passwords on accounts, a reset is emailed to you, and unless you have it set up to put in your password all the time on your phone, that email will get pushed to your phone. So a complex password for your email us uesless at that point.
Sorry, I just don't get it at all, I would do my best to protect my info as well as my friends/family email, phone numbers, and addresses to their homes.
I try not to live my life obsessed with security. If my phone were to get stolen, I would get on my laptop or another computer as quickly as possible and lock it down through iCloud. That doesn't tend to happen though because I always check that I have it with me when leaving somewhere. Apple picking isn't a problem here that I know of, but I'll worry about it if I ever go somewhere where it is. If my phone were stolen I'd probably also put something on social media to warn my contacts and have them look out for stuff. I have techie friends who could probably ping the location for me so I could track it down, but that's a lot if work for one stolen phone.
Suffice to say that getting my information stolen through my phone isn't my biggest daily priority, and I try not to live in fear every day. I once had my bank account cleared out because the credit card database was hacked at a store I used my card at (not the recent Target hack, thank goodness). If I were paranoid, I would stop using a credit or debit card and a bank and just keep my cash under the mattress or in a fireproof box.
If you choose to live a life where everything is protected by seemingly secure passwords, that's your prerogative. Personally I have better things to do.
I was always too lazy to have a passcode. But for a couple of months now, I've had one and it's not as annoying as I thought it would be. I set it to be needed after 15 minutes (I believe is the option), so that if I need it within a short time I don't have to type it in all the time. I think this is part of what doesn't make it annoying.
I work in a field and were "oops" happens a lot. A phone falls out of a pocket, left at a job site, or whatever. I don't live my life in fear or paranoia either, but it's nice to have little extra safety next that takes 2 extra seconds to unlock. To me an extra 2 seconds is worth the hassle of this also. The find my iPhone stuff is useless when off or in airplane mode also. Since your phone isn't protected, all they have to do is pop that SIM card/or airplane mode and they have all the time in the world do what they want.
Reading about 1Password App udate here I came across this quote and why I lock my phone. I think people forget that all you need is an email to reset most password for sites out there, and most people will have their email pushed to their phone (and no hacking required to get into the email, but using the quote to show how easy it can be done).
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