Or just flip on the wipe if 10 wrong passcodes are entered feature.
I'm a little surprised that was mentioned in the article.
As a largely security-conscious person, I'd love to, but there's a non-zero chance I'll lose all my data since my last backup by being triggered accidentally in my pants pocket.
It is not really possible to accidentally trigger this in iOS. After the first few tries there is a longer and longer delay before you can try again, so it takes wrong tries over many hours.