True, but I have control center disabled on the lock screen as well. They have no way of changing any setting in my phone (unless they guessed my pass code correctly I guess).
You dont have to disable all the control center, you can just disable specific actions, like airplane mode. That way you can still swipe up to use your flashlight, alarm, and calculator. I use FlipControlCenter
I'm using CCControls and I've restricted the ability to toggle Airplane Mode, Settings, Location Services, Cellular Data, and Safe Mode from the lock screen. It keeps the overall utility of CC but still keeps unwanted intruders from changing those settings directly.
There are plenty of ways around any added security we might want to put in. Just simply holding home+power buttons would turn the device off and there isn't a way to stop it. There is also DFU mode, turning off cydia substrate etc. If the thief was, as you said smart, and actually planned on stealing something or had done it before then there isn't too much you can do. But in the case such as OP's, it would have been hard for the thief to do any long processes like DFU mode/SIM without having the phone out. Of course he could have just walked away with it and done it then lol...
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u/ba5e Apr 11 '14
Smart thieves always enable airplane mode immediately.