For security purposes it’s a good idea to set up a Passcode on Lock Screen for the Apple iPhone 5 or any iOS device like the iPad, previous iPhones and the iPod Touch. This requires the user to enter ...

Touch the "Settings" icon on the iPhone home screen to open the app. Select "General." Choose "Passcode Lock" to view all the passcode settings for your iPhone. If you already have a passcode enabled, ...

A bug in Apple’s iOS 6.1 operating system allows the passcode lock to by bypassed on the iPhone. Using a simple series of taps and button presses, a user can gain access to your handset’s Phone app, ...

If you’re an iPhone user, your Notes app is likely filled with stuff (like your amateur poetry and passwords) that you don’t want other people to read. Apple knows that too, which is why iOS lets you ...

Locking your iPhone — which turns off the display and makes a passcode required to turn it back on again – is an easy way to protect your data and personal ...

In FebruaryDiscover steps to launch phone application without entering passcode on iPhone (iOS 6.1)Although distribution of iOS 6.1.3 corresponding to this vulnerability began, a bug that avoids a new ...

How can a person secure their iPhone 5s with either a four-digit or more complex alpha-numeric passcode? A new iPhone 5s or one updated to a new version of iOS 7 or higher asks users to make a ...

Although the iPhone does allow you to setup a lockscreen passcode, it doesn’t give much flexibility in choosing one, allowing you to set only a four-digit passcode. If that doesn’t pass your security ...

Update: An earlier version of this article mistakenly presented this bug as a passcode lock screen bypass. As any attacker requires access to an unlocked iOS device in the first place in order to ...