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How long does it take greykey to crack an alphanumeric passcode?
Bruteforcing an 8 character alphanumeric passcode could theoretically take up to 227 years if you try 1,000,000 passwords per second, not accounting for optimization using things like rainbow tables. I have no idea how fast a greykey can try passwords, so take that number and divide/multiply.
 
What situations are there where a user would plug their locked phone into a computer or other device and need it to function immediately? I can't think of anything off the top of my head, so IMHO this should be a feature that is activated every time the phone is locked. The exception would be if there was a currently active lightning connection (like the headphone jack dongle) that needed to continue functioning in the background.
 
An unintended downside: imagine you have a close friend or family member pass away. You/their family want to access their devices afterwards for photos, remembrance, information about their final days, etc. Absent the biometric and passcode (which I am assuming you don't have) you will need the cord access to get in. With a billion devices out there, I am thinking this will happen more frequently than the law enforcement access it is intended to prevent.

And to anyone who wonders why this would even be necessary, I submit you have not suddenly lost a loved one. Not uncommon to go looking for answers or solace in their devices, notify friends of the passing, etc. Asking people to try to get in there within 7 days isn't always realistic or feasible.
 
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They should just put a toggle in Settings that allows the user to disable the Lightning port for anything other than charging unless the iPhone is placed into DFU mode. Once it's placed into DFU mode, there are two options -- connect the device to a trusted computer and restore it from an iTunes backup on said computer or wipe the device.
 
An unintended downside: imagine you have a close friend or family member pass away. You/their family want to access their devices afterwards for photos, remembrance, information about their final days, etc. Absent the biometric and passcode (which I am assuming you don't have) you will need the cord access to get in. With a billion devices out there, I am thinking this will happen more frequently than the law enforcement access it is intended to prevent.

And to anyone who wonders why this would even be necessary, I submit you have not suddenly lost a loved one. Not uncommon to go looking for answers or solace in their devices, notify friends of the passing, etc. Asking people to try to get in there within 7 days isn't always realistic or feasible.

If you don't have the passcode, then you aren't getting into their phone either way.
 
Seriously? I'm wiling to bet you don't even grasp the real advantages/disadvantages of this and yet to makes you love them more than words can describe?

I am merely excited because Apple expresses, time and time again, that they have no interest in giving into the demands of "the man" and are actively taking measures to make it far more difficult for the feds/police to access private information. They take our data privacy seriously.

In the event that I wouldn't touch my phone for 7 days (that would never happen), then all I have to do is enter my passcode. Frankly, Apple should probably enable the feature after 5-6 hours because as you mention above, the Feds/police wouldn't wait 7 days before trying to access a phone. Bottom line, there are no disadvantages.
 
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So if I forget my passcode and get locked out after 7 days I’m assuming this means I have a brick and can’t even restore it and wipe all data?
 
I have two of the cheaper iPads that I use when I travel that I don't even access for weeks!
This might be a problem for me.
Agreed. I have multiple iPads and iPhones. Sounds like a bad idea to me unless it can be user configurable. Can you even charge the iphone or iPad after the 7 day period? CRAZY!

Never mind. After re-reading the article i believe as long as the item is in my possession I can unlock it any time I want using the normal process even if it has been sitting in a desk drawer for a few weeks or longer.
 
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They should just put a toggle in Settings that allows the user to disable the Lightning port for anything other than charging unless the iPhone is placed into DFU mode. Once it's placed into DFU mode, there are two options -- connect the device to a trusted computer and restore it from an iTunes backup on said computer or wipe the device.

That doesn't work. DFU mode doesn't carry over any settings. How would you restore at the Apple Store, as the computer wouldn't be a trusted computer.
 
Agreed. I have multiple iPads and iPhones. Sounds like a bad idea to me unless it can be user configurable. Can you even charge the iphone or iPad after the 7 day period? CRAZY!

Yes you can charge. This doesn't shut off all functionality of the Lightning port, only the data transfer.
 
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Well Done !!!!!!!!! Hope it lasts. The 7 day period was a negation between Tim and Trump at that dinner a few weeks ago. Alphanumeric Baby, Alphanumeric. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
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Nice! Now would be even nicer if it was shorter then 7 days. 1 day is fine with me. A couple of hours would be fine with me too.

Yes, I find it difficult to imagine a scenario where I would want to transfer data across the lightning connector and I haven't unlocked my phone already within the past hour or so.... and even if I hadn't unlocked it, it literally takes a split second to authenticate. I mean I do that hundreds of times a day already....
 
The security implications of this are great, but what about when someone forgets the passcode on an iPhone that has been sitting around for a while and needs to restore the device? I'd personally keep this enabled, but there is definitely potential for certain people to end up with a bricked device unless it is still possible to restore it in Recovery mode.
 
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This is great, but how about limit it to charging whenever it’s locked? If you want to use it for data transfer, you must type your passcode.

That is how it works.

Edit: I miss read what you wrote, but you can't turn data off always, because that would break carplay.
 
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That doesn't work. DFU mode doesn't carry over any settings. How would you restore at the Apple Store, as the computer wouldn't be a trusted computer.

You wipe the device at the Apple Store so that it’ll at least boot into iOS (but it won’t have any of your data on it) and either restore it from an iTunes backup or restore it from an iCloud backup.
 
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