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minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·23 days agoMy work phone has enabled “wipe if pin is wrong three times”. I discovered after my son wiped it three times. I must though it was defective and asked for replacement
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-223 days agoYeah, I think it needs to be “wipe if a specific pin is entered”, so you can wipe it only when you intend to. Side note, my son has called the cops on several occasions by hitting the emergency button on the lock screen. Kids just have to play with it…
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·22 days agoThat works only for a subset of users able and willing to remember yet another PIN. Especially one they don’t need often.
My work phone has enabled “wipe if pin is wrong three times”.
I discovered after my son wiped it three times. I must though it was defective and asked for replacement
Yeah, I think it needs to be “wipe if a specific pin is entered”, so you can wipe it only when you intend to.
Side note, my son has called the cops on several occasions by hitting the emergency button on the lock screen. Kids just have to play with it…
That works only for a subset of users able and willing to remember yet another PIN. Especially one they don’t need often.