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Chromebooks have a similar 'unlock with phone' feature but add that the phone must be unlocked - basically utilizing the biometrics of the phone to unlock the c
by crusty 4y ago
Chromebooks have a similar 'unlock with phone' feature but add that the phone must be unlocked - basically utilizing the biometrics of the phone to unlock the computer regardless of biometric hardware presence. It also uses a pretty tight proximity radius (<0.5 meters I'd guess). But if someone could combine this relay exploit with social engineering to get the target to unlock their phone (like an incoming text/notification), maybe that would get computer access. Perhaps there's a more complex handshake that takes place but if not, seems valuable.
- Gigachad 4y agoApple has a nice solution to this. If you have the watch unlock feature on, your watch will notify you of an unlock and provide a button to relock which disables the feature temporarily. It’s likely not completely bullet proof but if you are up against such sophisticated attacks then it’s reasonable to say just don’t use these features.