Require passcode to shut down phone

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Require passcode to shut down phone

Greetings!

Motivated by the recent theft of a close family member’s iPhone in broad daylight, I’d like to start a movement to demand that Apple modify its iOS to REQUIRE the passcode prior to shutting down an iPhone.

If you require it after every restart and every two days of using just TouchID, why not also prior to shutting down or restarting? It seems like a minor nuisance to a genuine owner, but would put a HUGE damper on thieves looking to make a buck picking someone’s pocket.

Apple, I implore you: make passcodes required to shut down and restart an iOS device!!!

Thank you,

Natalia

iPhone SE, iOS 11.1

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 6:15 PM

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Answer 1

Androish

Level 8

39,549 points

Oct 9, 2018 6:19 PM in response to natuscape

While I understand where you come from.

This would not help terribly much. the only thing one needs to do to make any device impossible to track is to block the radio signals coming out of it. And this is done pretty simply by just some aluminum foil.

All in all this would only be an annoyance to the legitimate owners

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Philly_Phan

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20,737 points

Oct 9, 2018 6:35 PM in response to natuscape

1. I use an 8-digit passcode for security purposes AND I'm very careful about not losing my phone. Such protection wouldn't benefit me in the slightest.

2. I don't ever shut down my iPhone as a matter of course but I do whenever an app is acting up. Entering the passcode twice would be a PIA.

3. It wouldn't solve your concern because the bad guys would simply find another solution.

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Answer 3

natuscape Author

Level 1

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Oct 9, 2018 6:28 PM in response to Philly_Phan

Isn’t it as much of a nuisance when it’s required after a restart or after two days of using TouchID? How often do you fully shut down (I.e. hold the reset button and slide over to fully power down) the phone?

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