How can we disallow changing wallpapers from the Lock Screen? Any old Joe can have full access to our photo gallery this way?!?

beadmonkey wrote:

I have to enter my passcode to unlock it. It doesn’t relive for something like 5 minutes, because I don’t want to use Face ID. So if Joe at the next table wants to, he can grab the phone in those minutes and access my photos with the wallpaper option.

why is this even an option anyhow? It’s needlessly redundant.

So, you have your screen set to be active for 5 minutes before it locks and you don't want to use FaceID. Yet you are complaining that someone could access your photos from the lock screen. I don't get why you seem to feel this is something Apple should fix? This is something "you" should fix if you leave your phone unattended, where someone could gain access to it. Simply said, you're not using lock/unlock features to protect yourself all on your own.

And your assertion they can gain access to your photos by trying to change the lock screen wallpaper doesn't add up either. If the phone is unlocked, which by your own admission it is, they have access to your photos and anything else on your iPhone. There would be no need to worry about accessing photos from the lock screen wallpaper setting. They can just open the photos app.

No one could possibly access photos on my iPhone. My iPhone is set to auto lock immediately and I use FaceID.

Nope. Your phone unlocked because Face ID...

Lock the phone and hand it to someone else. Tell them to do it. They can't.

If you hand an unlocked phone to someone else, they would not need to change wallpaper to browse your photo collection. They could go right into Photos and browse it directly. They could do other things, too, like going through your e-nails and messages.

Moral of the story - be careful to whom you hand an unlocked phone, especially if you think they are not trustworthy, and they are going to use it out of your sight.

No, they can't actually. The phone has to be unlocked to change the Lock Screen wallpaper.

beadmonkey wrote:

Somehow urge whole point of HOW DO I DISABLE THIS FEATURE has been lost on this “helpful” user.

It is a needless and redundant feature and goes in the OPPOSITE direction of Apple policy on privacy and security.

so, HOW DO I DISABLE IT?!

(eventually, they came up with a way to disable the ridiculous headphone volume limit feature, if you care to recall…)

OK. You want the simple answer? Here you go: You don't.

Don't hand your unlocked phone to people you don't trust.

If you're unhappy with that, send feedback to Apple. https://apple.com/feedback

I know, another terrible idea. Sometimes I feel like these things occur after they had a brainstorming session with a room full of 12 year olds. Aye…

In the meantime, you could change your settings for the LockScreen so that it locks immediately.

What I’m pointing out is that your request would leave you with an illusion of security, without any real security, in the circumstances that you describe.

I don’t leave my phone lying around where someone could ransack it’s contents or steal it. If I hand it to someone to show them something, it is generally in a context where I can see what they are doing or where I trust them.

The thought of someone using a wallpaper feature to browse my photos if I was careless enough to give them the chance to use Photos to browse my photos does not keep me up at night.

admonkey Said:

"How can we disallow changing wallpapers from the Lock Screen? Any old Joe can have full access to our photo gallery this way?!?"

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