Unlike most of my rants this is just a sketch I want to write so I can tweet it to Apple.
Currently mobile security and BYOD are huge catchphrases that many companies are pouring tons of money and effort into.
Part of these initiatives is requiring encryption/passcode locks on mobile devices like phones and tablets.
In iOS, it's possible to access the camera without unlocking the phone but everything else is behind that iron curtain.
My proposal is thus - create a special container that sits in a DMZ - outside of the passcode lock/encryption. Any apps dropped into that DMZ container would then be accessible via a swipe from the lock screen.
A user could put "words with friends", "angry birds", or any app - including calendar, phone, email, SMS, whatever, into that container and have quick access to it.
If said user were to sign up for their corporate BYOD program, then the MDM could send a policy to the iOS device tagging certain apps as disallowed from being in the DMZ container. (the api would need to be extended to support this functionality).
If these enhancements to iOS were made, then a person would be able to drop aps they use frequently - maps, imdb, sms-messaging, etc - into this DMZ container and be able to use them without traversing the passcode lock.
In slightly related fashion, as a further enhancement - for SMS messaging - incorporate the type of functionality already available in Android to allow a user to reply to an SMS message without switching out of the application they are currently using.
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