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For security, better not to have Siri on lock screen?

Apr 19, 2015 5:06PM PDT

If your iPhone is misplaced, I think better not having Siri enabled on lock screen; the bad side is that you are discarding (among many other great things that Siri can do for you) the possibility that whoever finds your iPhone can give it back to you asking your information to Siri, but someone asking Siri could get much more than the owner's identity.?Siri reads all notifications aloud, even those that you had blocked in the lock screen, allowing for example the person who steals your iPhone can check a SMS/Mail verification code to login in your WhatsApp/Line/Telegram... or any other online service, from another device.?Perhaps WhatsApp/Line/Telegram... need a two-steps verification process, or perhaps a longer waiting time to proceed with the verification call... I don't know...?...even, maybe you have apps that could show private or sensible notifications on lock screen, so maybe you would like to disable "Show on Lock Screen" for a particular app in Settings > Notifications, and even turn off the "Notifications View" in Settings > (Touch ID &ampWink Passcode, for Not allow access when locked, but if ask Siri, will read all notifications aloud, including which are not allowed on the lock screen.?Idea: A handful of toggles on Settings > (Touch ID &ampWink Passcode > Siri ; We could choose what Siri does and what not when our iDevice is Passcode Locked, gaining privacy without giving up Siri.

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It's not secure at all.
Apr 19, 2015 5:26PM PDT
https://www.google.com/#q=forensics+for+iphone finds the usual forensic tools that mean if you have the tools and skills then images can be made from the phone and the data retrieved.

There are folk that want to forget one of the first tenants of security is controlling physical access.
Bob
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No Siri
May 6, 2015 11:20PM PDT

Thank you for sharing the infor about SIRI. I will stop using it from now on.

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I think you may die. Example....
May 6, 2015 11:31PM PDT