That assumes the user is a willing participant in that matter and will give over the PIN.
Suppose the user is a remote employee who's just been sacked -- the boss and IT are hundreds of miles away and can't just take the phone from him. That phone has some product-related emails on it that, if they were to get out, would tank the company's stock price. They have to be able to wipe that data without waiting for the user to hand over the key.
Suppose the user is a remote employee who's just been sacked -- the boss and IT are hundreds of miles away and can't just take the phone from him. That phone has some product-related emails on it that, if they were to get out, would tank the company's stock price. They have to be able to wipe that data without waiting for the user to hand over the key.