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Edit: I'm wrong; PIN + device access is game over for everyone, full stop. Preserving the original for posterity: If what you’re saying is true (resetting an E
by mercutio2 9y ago
Edit: I'm wrong; PIN + device access is game over for everyone, full stop. Preserving the original for posterity:
If what you’re saying is true (resetting an EXISTING recovery key to an attacker controlled recovery key requires only device passcode), that is a major security flaw.
Fundamentally, iOS has made the trade off that most people should default to being able to recover their data if they forget their password. Technical or famous people can and should opt IN to the high security recovery key model.
In other words: if you have set a recovery key, you shouldn’t be able to reset your iCloud password or recovery key without BOTH possession of a secondary logged in Apple device AND the current iCloud password. Alternately, you can of course control the whole shebang with a recovery key, that’s what it’s for.
Are you saying you were able to reset an established recovery key without needing to enter your iCloud password OR 2FA acknowledgement on a secondary device?
- 0culus 9y agoCorrect. I set a recovery key, force locked the phone (so passcode is required to get back into the phone itself), went to the iCloud security tab as described in the Apple KB article, and proceeded to reset the recovery key. I was only asked for my device passcode.
- mercutio2 9y agoOK, you're right. The recovery key doesn't do what I thought it was doing. It's not hardening any requirements for 2FA, it's an additional (logical OR), option. Bummer.