iPhone 5: Siri Could Self Destruct

Siri - Speech Recognition

As the iPhone 5 release is quickly approaching in the Summer of 2012, creators are experimenting with the idea of a self-destructing iPhone 5 feature. Yup - self-destructing.  It's so easy to set your phone down, forget where you left it, and/or get your phone stolen.  Misplacing or getting your phone stolen leaves a very uneasy feeling and often a surge of panic through your entire body.  People are using smartphones for everything from email to updating their Facebook status to basic text messaging and often have very private and confidential information on their phone.  It's important to protect your privacy (and often the privacy of others); and with all of this valuable information located in one small piece of technology, this can be a true challenge.


Misplacing your phone and getting your phone stolen happens to people everyday - so what if Siri, the speech-recognition software built into all iPhone 4s phones, could actually crack your phone so no one else could use it or access your personal information?

This feature must be enabled on the iPhone 5 to work, but that's all it takes. But, here is my concern: If Siri cracks your phone after three failed attempts to gain access into your phone and everyone keeps their phone somewhere different - jacket pocket, pants pocket, backpack, phone case, purse, etc., this could be a real downside to the self-destructing feature.  For example, I keep my phone often times in my jacket pocket and more times that not, it turns on and the movement of my jacket actually types in a password - random, of course.  If my jacket triggered the password notification and failed three times, my phone would crack in my pocket and it wasn't even stolen.  This would be incredibly frustrating for both the user and Apple because as consumers, we would have to continuously replace our iPhone 5 and Apple would have to continuously fix and supply more iPhones.

Let me know what you think in the comments.  Is it good to offer a self-destruction feature or do you think this is going to offer more problems than benefits?


Source - Mashable