iPhone 5S: Apple’s Newest Patents Tell Us ‘S’ is for Security

iPhone 5S with Location Based Security

The iPhone 5S and iOS 7 could also include enhanced location based security that requires different levels of authentication based on the iPhone's location.

If a user is at home the iPhone may only require a small level of authentification, but if the iPhone is at work or a commonly traveled to public location it may require more. Finally, if the iPhone is in an untrusted zone it could require a higher level or two factors of authentification.

Apple details the workings of a location based security in a November 2012 patent filing. Apple already offers location based reminders and a Find My Friends app that may allowed the company to trial location based services on millions of devices, and now it may be ready for security.