[wtbob]

> But that's a big ask not just for the obvious reason, but also because the Nexus 5 is the first phone I've ever owned which demands that I unlock it first before I can access the UI to cancel an alarm.

Do you mean a firing alarm, or a pending alarm? One can cancel a firing alarm just by swiping, no passcode needed.

I would prefer to have to enter my code in order to cancel a pending alarm. Otherwise I can imagine practical jokers cancelling an alarm if they have the chance.

[csirac2]

Not all the time, I must admit - but when I'm blindly poking my phone or it's just grabbed out of my pocket, some part of the screen (that for me is the most likely part) makes the swipe prompt disappear and is replaced with the passcode entry.

Given that I have my N5 in a case, perhaps it's an inadvertent button press. Still, the UI should always provide swipe access to disable an alarm while the device is blaring at me.