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Why not 7 hours or 7 minutes or immediately?
by qntty 8y ago
Why not 7 hours or 7 minutes or immediately?
- ovao 8y agoWell, why not 7 days?
- qntty 8y agoThe advantage of a smaller time period is obvious: if 7 days is secure, then 7 hours is more secure. But presumably there's a good reason they chose that number, I'm just wondering why that might be.
- ovao 8y agoI assume it's a number they chose to strike a balance between security and eventualities that create support burdens. It could probably be user-defined, but when it comes to setting a one-size-fits-all default and offering users an option, Apple usually selects the former.
- jonknee 8y agoIt seems a reasonable default, but would be nice if there was a custom setting for a shorter time frame.
- ryanlol 8y agoYeah, 7 days feels awfully long. When would you actually need that? Edit: Okay, I suppose there might be an edge case where you break your screen and want to take a backup on an already paired device.
- axoltl 8y agoThere's a slice of the population that needs accessibility devices to unlock their iDevices. It'd be unfortunate if they couldn't unlock their devices anymore due to a security feature. 7 days sounds like a compromise between usability and security.