And they didn’t really add it back. They just gave you access to the lists you already made, and not even on the Apple TV itself. It’s a straight up slap in the face. Because they no longer want you to buy media.
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iOS 17.3 Features: What's New in iOS 17.3
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And they didn’t really add it back. They just gave you access to the lists you already made, and not even on the Apple TV itself. It’s a straight up slap in the face. Because they no longer want you to buy media.
What happens if someone visually observes you entering in your passcode, and remembers what they saw?
I'm assuming you mean for general phone access, right? Can you describe the 2FA flow? When would the second factor be required? Every time you unlock your phone?
BTW, for AppleID account authentication, they do support hardware security keys now.
More likely than you think. It's how thieves are doing it now, specifically BECAUSE of the security measures. Watch this video...
He Stole Hundreds of iPhones and Looted People’s Life Savings. He Told Us How.
A convicted iPhone thief explains how a vulnerability in Apple’s software got him fast cash—and then a stint in a high-security prison.
www.wsj.com
This feature is for safeguarding iPhones and AppleID accounts, not Google accounts.
Since the iPhone 11 / iOS 15 devices are already participating in the Find My network for 24 hours while they are turned off. Disabling that requires a passcode.
How to find your lost iPhone — even if it’s off
Your iPhone’s Find My app is more useful than ever.
www.theverge.com
That's not what the original commenter (to whom you are responding) is saying. They're referring to AFTER the thief obtains your phone (and passcode). They THEN drive to your home and camp out nearby in order to access it because the safeguards enabled in Stolen Device Protection would be automatically lowered.
Out of 1B iPhone users it’s not very likely. However it is happening. If a determined thief wants your phone unlocked and is willing to serve up assault, nothing will keep a thief out.More likely than you think. It's how thieves are doing it now, specifically BECAUSE of the security measures. Watch this video...
He Stole Hundreds of iPhones and Looted People’s Life Savings. He Told Us How.
A convicted iPhone thief explains how a vulnerability in Apple’s software got him fast cash—and then a stint in a high-security prison.
These measures protect the casual drive bys.
Not sure I follow, if you mean what happens to password protected items such as your synced google account, saved passwords, notes, etc - nothing happens.
You can't use an android passcode to screw with find my, your google account, saved payments, passwords, etc.
I see. While this is hypothetically possible, it is quite unlikely, as the thief would have to hang out nearby the victim’s place. Way too risky for an iPhone, IMO.
Exactly. I'm guessing biometric authentication is not required to open your Contacts app and subsequently view your personal contact card, which could have your physical address.
did you watch the video? no assault was threatened during the acquisition of those phones. social engineering game.
Find My is an iPhone feature. You're speaking of the benefits of an Android device. I'm asking what happens if someone steals your Android phone, and has your passcode? I'm asking because I don't know.
I understand exactly what the given unfortunate scenario is. The passcode to the phone was given up either by sight of a third party or video by a third party.
My point is when you say likely, this happened to “x” people it of an”y” population. And while some say one is too much, I was pointing out if someone wanted in to your phone they badly, there are ways to do that outside of social engineering.
"Quite unlikely" was the thinking around someone hanging out to observe you entering your passcode before taking your phone.
It was reported that all iPhone models going back to iPhone XS should be able to use this feature as long as it is using iOS 17.
No, I'm speaking of the benefits of android which has similar nomenclature...on android technically it's called find "my device" but it's the same thing.
Do I need to repeat the part of my comment that you quoted which answers your own question? Android's passcode does not have the same vulnerability that iPhone's does. The device passcode does not provide access to any linked account i.e. google/samsung, etc where your passwords, find my device, etc.
iOS 17 works on all phones going back to the X, which is like 6 years ago? If your phone is that old, not a high likelihood it's getting stolen or that the thief will keep it.
No, you did not update to IOS 17.3 on an iPad. You updated to iPadOS 17.3
Stupidly, or for reasons known only to Apple, they did not implement the stolen device feature in iPadOS 17.3. All of the risks are the same. Another totally lame move by Apple in their continuing quality decline…
thanks for sharing.
on a different note, i think this iOS update is a really good update.
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Well apple recently (within a year) provided security updates to my 5s on iOS 12. So there is that.
So what does one use to access their saved passwords on Android? The Google account password?