iPod touch The Security of a Passkey Protected Touch

[jordieshapiro]

Hey,

I set my home screen to read "This Ipod is unusable without a password. Please return to....for $50 reward". And set the passkey screen to appear every 15 minutes.


I was just wondering how protective the password really is. Can it be bypassed by reseting/restoring the ipod?

 

[ipodtoucher]

do you really think you will lose it that easily?...i have had no need to restore, but i assume that it would erase the passkey.....also, i tried the passkey after 1 minute and it never asked for it....i would change it to immediately because they can just slide to open and then look at all your stuff for 15 minutes......

 

[aidanpendragon]

Off the top of my head - I thought the passkey would be defeated if you just plugged it into a computer with iTunes, but I think it's not (it has to be an authorized-to-you version of iTunes).

It's better than nothing, if only to protect your Wifi router settings & password.

15 min. is probably fine, b/c if you lose it, it'll lock fast - but not so fast that you can't use it.