I know exactly what it means. It's a "joke", or play on words or whatever you want to call it. At the end of the day they are thieves, or digital thieves that can make your life a living hell if they get access to your data. Bad actor is too polite a term.
Of course it’s too polite. But if we used the terms we would like to we would get “moderated”.
I expect Apple to say they will fix the security flaws in their system. They could start by not allowing 6 digit pins and requiring alphanumeric passwords.
No it is not a joke or play on words. The word Actor has two different meanings. The IMDB one and the one being used with the adjective bad. An actor is simply someone who acts. A bad actor is someone whose actions are bad.
I completely understand what the word means, and continue to use it. "Bad Actor" is just too generic for the damage that can be done. That was the point to my original post.
Thank you.
When do we get the next update and what are the odds on them doing something?The main issue here IMHO is that someone could gain access to the Apple ID, reset everything and lock the legitimate owner of the account out entirely.
OTOH you would still be protected if someone had grabbed your iPhone off you when it was unlocked and they did not know the passcode.Presumably this explains how some children have been getting around screen time, also? One for them to fix.
I believe you could follow the screen time trick which effectively means you’d need Face ID to keep open the Mail app after 1 second. I’ve done that do various apps like Files and Folders require Face ID.
That has always been the case if you put all your online services eggs into one basket, whether it's Apple, Google or Microsoft. People have gotten their accounts permanently blocked for no good reason at all, sometimes even in violation of the law. Then you'll lose your cloud data, software you paid for, perhaps an entire device turns into a brick, e-mail, and good luck if your phone number is connected to that service as well (google fi).
This is because of SSO.
Another very painful thing happened with a 2nd appleid -- it totally messed up my apple watch. First I'd get a prompt on my watch(!) to sign into my appleid every morning. Next I had watch lockups every 2 or three days. (not full lockups, but some functions didn't work, like reading notifications.)
What's there to be frustrated about, android's as good as iOS these days and some things are better, like android auto.
I actually agree with you on this one (surprise!). It only means more people would forget their complex passcode and have problems because of it.
Or anyplace where people sit behind you like a game stadium or theater I guess also? Just last week I watched people's passcodes being typed in or swiped (android I guess?) over and over and over in front of me when I was on a series of flights. Swiping is no different than a numerical passcode.
