I generally try to do “the right thing” most of the time. That includes enabling the lock screen of my phone and tablet, which is the right thing to do when you sometime leave it on the desk at work while getting coffee or happen to lose it in the train or airport (ahem…).
Using lock screen pattern is cool, but not really secure, so doing the right thing means PIN (my wife also uses the phone once in a while,so face recognition or finger print is not an option). Still, having to enter PIN every single time I use the phone at home is tough. And enabling the screen lock whenever I leave home doesn’t even look probable on paper. The app “Unlock with WiFi” was a perfect solution. It enables the screen lock, unless the phone is connected to my home WiFi (or any other WiFi/Bluetooth network I choose). $5 is cheap convenience.
A few days ago I got the message that Unlock with WiFi would no longer be supported, instead it had been rewritten and the new incarnation available as SkipLock, which could be bought again from the app store. Suddenly the happy customer was a grumpy customer.
Then again, it is a great app – one that adds great value to my devices and a crucial part of keeping them safe, with all the email and other personal information I got stored on various accounts. I want that to be taken good care of. I want someone to take it seriously to provide me with that service. I want to be able to trust that such an app doesn’t snoop my address book or harvest other personal info without my knowledge. Then I’ll rather pay a modest amount to have a professional developer provide a professional solution.
You don’t get a lot for free, and the better the lunch, the more suspicious one should be. Or, as a friend once told me: If a product is free, then YOU are the real product…