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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by inertial on Thursday August 04, 2016 @01:29PM (#12227113)
What if your phone hangs (input/touch ID stops responding too). You have to resort to a forced shutdown. If that requires a password, how would you reset the phone while you are travelling ?
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Re:What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone by kobayashi on Thursday August 04, 2016 @01:35PM (#12227166)
A 'forced shutdown' (by holding the Power and Home button for 8+ seconds) does not simply shutdown the device. Rather, it forces a reboot, which would not effect the security implications of requiring a passcode to fully power off.
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