[__michaelg]

Sure, but it's not any better than the Android FDE, and thus kind of defeating the point of the article. If everyone just uses the default setting, then iOS's encryption is theoretically and architecturally better, but it won't make a difference in practice.

[leonatan]

It's a compromise between security and usability, like always. And it is good for most cases. When higher security is needed, developer can choose to override and implement a different mechanism.