[lukeman]

> "Sadly there has been little in the way of measurable improvement in the sensor between these two devices."

Oh, gosh. That stinks.

> "Another sign that the sensor may have improved is the fact that slightly “dodgy” fake fingerprints that fooled the iPhone 5S did not fool the iPhone 6. To fool the iPhone 6 you need to make sure your fingerprint clone is clear, correctly proportioned, correctly positioned, and thick enough to prevent your real fingerprint coming through to confuse it. None of these are challenging details for a researcher in the lab, but are likely to make it a little bit harder for a criminal to just “lift your fingerprint” from the phone’s glossy surface and unlock the device."

Wait, so that isn't a measurable improvement?

iOS 8 still requires your passcode after a reboot, so you can certainly force a temporary timeout if you'd like.

I think some advanced timeout stuff could be useful, but I wish we could try and have a bit more optimism that regular people now are excited about having an encrypted phone. The rest of us carrying state secrets and nude selfies can certainly still trade off that convenience for potentially more secure phone.

[micampe]

There is a fixed timeout: iOS (both 7 and 8) will ask for the passcode if you haven’t unlocked it for 48 hours. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5949