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Surely a middle ground is possible? Something along the lines of "Your TouchID sensor has been replaced. If you did not expect this, please take your iPhone to
by stordoff 11y ago
Surely a middle ground is possible? Something along the lines of "Your TouchID sensor has been replaced. If you did not expect this, please take your iPhone to an Apple Store for servicing as your security may be compromised. Otherwise log in with your password to re-enable your device".
- huxley 11y agoI thought that's what the TechCrunch article said that the OS Update does, isn't it?
- stordoff 11y agoBy re-enable your device, I meant also re-enabling TouchID (basically saying I trust the new piece of hardware as an auth. method), which this update doesn't do.
- Karunamon 11y agoThe other problem as long as we're continuing with the "user is an idiot" hypothesis is that users don't read error messages. They see a box with a bunch of mumbo-jumbo[1] that's standing in the way of them doing whatever they were doing before the dialog rudely intruded. [1]:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZyYfyEVAAAA6Eo.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZyYfyEVAAAA6Eo.jpg
- dkonofalski 11y agoI think the issue there is a matter of trust in the hardware too. What if the replacement fingerprint reader has a recorder that sends that fingerprint to the repair shop and the user authorizes it? Now some shady backdoor people have your fingerprint and possibly your pin and any other information that passes through that sensor. It makes sense for Apple to verify the integrity of that hardware chain all the way through when they could potentially be liable for something like that. While they could take the stance that they won't be liable for any phone with a replaced sensor, at that point it's difficult to determine where in that chain the breach happened.