[humblegunner]

Sounds like bullshit since I’ve not had to re-enter a password ever.

[Thud]

This is really a pain in the *** too. I asked for an I-Pad for last Xmas because I had so much fun playing with my brother’s last summer vacation. But, when my wife got me my own for Xmas, this passcode feature had been implemented.

I went back to my Kindle Fire after a month because the constant I-Pad passcode requirement is so inconvenient.

[Swordmaker]

I had thought that I was being required to input my passcode on my Apple iOS TouchID devices more frequently when they had been idle than I had before. Now I find I was correct. It turns out that in light of authorities forcing of people to unlock iOS devices using their fingerprints, Apple had quietly revised the TouchID requirement to input of the user's passcode to unlock the device instead of the user's fingerprint after a device has been unused for 48 hours to requiring the user's passcode after only eight hours lack of use as an upgraded security feature with the introduction of iOS 9 in the Autumn of 2015. — PING!

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[Menehune56]

Touch ID makes this almost a non-problem. Typing in a password frequently would make me not require a password.

[Grampa Dave]

Google may have done the same thing with Android phones/pads and anything connected to Chrome.

My wife noticed it about 2 weeks ago re reentering log ons. I ran into the same thing this week on my Android phone/tablet, Chromebook and Toshiba laptop running on Win 10 and Chrome.

Yesterday, I had to log on several times to this site, and it
got worse later yesterday.

[minnesota_bound]

It helps you remember your password....
I get calls from iPhone users who cannot log in.
The devices then will be wiped.

[US_MilitaryRules]

I have the iPad 2 and I have not updated yet because of bricking issues.

[zeugma]

I had noticed the same thing of late. I use the touch feature to unlock my phone the majority of the time. It seemed like it has started asking for the password more often over the past month or so. It sill happens infrequently enough that it is not a mjor pain though, so I don’t mind. I have really come to like the touch feature because it allows me to have a pretty strong password, since I’m not entering it 20 times a day. Seems like a good balance to me between sexurity and convenience., and that is what good security is, a balance.

Well done Apple.

[Sans-Culotte]

I’ve had to enter my password on my iPad for quite some time.

[Gefn]

Yes, this happened to me with my new iPhone.

I called Apple support and they told me how to switch it off, which I do at home since I’m the only person that has access to it.

If I have to leave my apt, I just flip the switch to on. So no one can see my phone.

It works well and I have nothing but good customer service when I called 1-800-MY-APPLE.

[r_barton]

You don’t on my Iphone 4. It only will run IOS 7. But it’s like brand new and I got it for $25 on Amazon and use it on Tracfone. (It’s a CDMA Verizon model).