Will I Need Security On iPad Mini?

Kite2010

Luckyone wrote: »

Arh

That sounds promising!

Just strange PCworld, John Lewis have it for sale on line & a huge place like Amazon hasn't.

Will wait a bit longer then

Luckyone xxx

Amazon not selling a competitors product, shocking.

They want you to buy their range of products so only allow sellers of the competitors to sell at silly prices (£300 for a Nexus 7 anybody?)

Kite2010

buglawton wrote: »

iPads are easily shareable around the home and thievable from it.

And yet, Safari can happily remember all your important passwords.. for family members all all ages, and eventually the thief & his mates, to share!

Likewise the native Email app has no security pin so anyone who shares your iPad can read your email with one touch.

So you either lock the iPad to no-one or lock out everyone via a blanket unlock PIN. Gee thanks Apple for your thoughtful design!

I suggest leave the Safari browser for 'public' home user, set it to not save passwords. Then install the Mercury browser app, put a PIN lock on it and if you must, save any web passwords in that.

Apple, when will you produce a grown-up product (sigh).

That is one feature I would like to see on tablets, separate user accounts.

buglawton

Or at least user profiles on the standard browser & email programs.

Luckyone

Kite2010 wrote: »

Amazon not selling a competitors product, shocking.

They want you to buy their range of products so only allow sellers of the competitors to sell at silly prices (£300 for a Nexus 7 anybody?)

They sell other tablet brands & previous Apple pads so not as shocking as you think

xxx

jayme1

No security or anything is needed on the iPad, but you still are susceptible to phishing email and websites so you still have to use common sense while using the internet/reading email.

Apple provides iCloud to track remote lock or wipe the iPad so no extra apps are needed on that front.

Kite2010 wrote: »

That is one feature I would like to see on tablets, separate user accounts.

Nexus 10's got you sorted then, and most likely all Android 4.2 tablets.