Passcode Lock

Daily Tip: How to protect your iPhone or iPad with a Passcode Lock

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Oct 21, 2011 a 10:35 pm

New to iOS, worried about the security of your iPhone or iPad, and wondering how to set a Passcode Lock for better protection? While the current version may not be perfect, it provides a number of real advantages over just leaving your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad unlocked. It's also easy to set up. here's how:

Daily Tip: How to enable data protection on your iPhone, iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Mar 18, 2011 a 10:44 pm

Take security seriously and interested in how to enable data protection on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad? The good news is that if you use a passcode, iOS 4 data protections protects the hardware encryption keys on your device, making email, attachments, and 3rd party apps (if they enable it) much more secure. The bad news is, if you updated your iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3, or original iPad from iOS 3 to iOS 4, data protection might not have been turned on even with the passcode. Not to worry, we'll walk you through all the possibilities, after the break!

[Apple KB via TidBITS]

iOS 4.1 security flaw allows calls to be made on passcode locked iPhone

By Staff, Monday, Oct 25, 2010 a 7:51 pm

It looks as if there's yet another Phone.app security hole, this time in iOS 4.1 that allows someone to get around a passcode locked iPhone, gain access to the owner's contact list, make calls and send emails to anyone in said contact list. From MacStories:

iPhone 3.1: Remotely Set a Passcode Lock via MobileMe

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 9, 2009 a 4:29 pm

Apple's MobileMe News "blog" is touting a new feature: you can now remotely set a passcode lock with Find My iPhone and iPhone 3.1:

With Find My iPhone, you can help protect the information on a missing iPhone by remotely assigning a four-digit passcode lock. This is especially useful if you've never set a passcode before or if you want to set a new one.

This is a nice half-way ground between leaving it wide open, or having to wipe it clean, if you can't find it but aren't sure you've personally lost it.

Lady Loses iPhone, Laptop, Gets Mocked on Own Facebook Page

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Aug 17, 2009 a 9:36 am

A lady in the UK had her gear bag stolen, including her iPhone, laptop, and Nintendo DS, and to rub salt on her wounds, the thief decided to mock her on her own Facebook page:

"I have the laptop, phones ok but a bit scratched itll do, tv was rubbish so I left it , ds was a bonus, now to the porn shop, thankyou toshiba is my favourite make".

iPhone 101: How to Passcode Lock Your iPhone

By Jeremy, Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009 a 8:32 am

Welcome to iPhone 101, the best place for those of you who are new to the iPhone to learn the basics.

We all worry about misplacing our precious phones or, worse yet, having them stolen. Some may even worry about snoopers trying to read our private info when we're not looking. In case one of these things happen, you should really consider protecting all of your personal data on the device. TiPb has got you covered, to see how to passcode lock your iPhone read on after the break!