Groups messaging and find my iphone questions

Hello everyone.
First, I've created and been part of group messaging since ios 8, and can NOT delete one recipient in the group.
Second, with my iphone 5 I had to put in my password everytime I launched Find My iphone.  With the iphone 6 I don't have to do this.  My wife said she never had to do this with her iphone 5.  I gave her my old one (because it has 32gb and hers has 16), and now she has to enter the password every time she launches the app.  How do I set the device so she does not have to enter the password every time the app launches?
Thank you!!

If the phone says offline then there is no way to track it. Reporting to police would be the next step.

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