[vorpalhex]

If I could upvote you twice, I would.

Security is always a tradeoff and there is no single answer. A feature for one person is another person's hell.

An acquiantance just lost all their data because they had enabled "format on too many missed passcodes" and their kid was playing with their phone.. caused quite a few tears. On the other hand, that feature is invaluable to international travelers.

[lekevicius]

What a strange implementation of "format on too many missed passcodes". Apple (on iOS and watchOS) implements this, but after some amount of failures, phone gets into progressively longer lockdowns. So maybe after 3 failed attempts you have to wait 2 minutes, after 4th 5 minutes, and before the final (formatting) attempt you have to wait something like 12 hours. This prevents "kid playing with the phone" problem.