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I find it interesting that Lockdown Mode doesn't (yet) enable multiple lock screen authentication methods. Requiring Face ID AND a pass code could be useful. (T
by geoffeg 4y ago
I find it interesting that Lockdown Mode doesn't (yet) enable multiple lock screen authentication methods. Requiring Face ID AND a pass code could be useful. (There are rumors that Apple will add Touch ID back to their phones in the future. I'm not sure they'd keep Face ID on a phone with Touch ID but combining those two methods AND requiring a pass code would seem to be the most secure.)
I'd also like to see some method for quickly wiping the phone or severely disabling it. A friend mentioned that a new scheme for thieves is to ask you for your unlocked phone at gunpoint and then use a cash app to transfer money to one of their accounts. Some way to very quickly (and covertly) wipe your phone would help defend against that attack. (Related: https://www.startribune.com/warrant-grifters-targeting-cash-apps-suspected-in-over-100-cell-phones-thefts-downtown-minneapolis/600202085/ https://www.startribune.com/warrant-grifters-targeting-cash-...)
- gregoryl 4y ago"If you wipe your phone, I will shoot you." A more practical defence is keeping a low balance on any account that can be easily accessed from the phone. Not seeing any real use for this functionality when faced with an adversary physically.
- 1123581321 4y agoIn the theft as described from the article, it would’ve helped since the scam was based on escalating a phone borrowing to theft while acting like a crime wasn’t happening.
- geoffeg 4y agoTrue. If there was some way to de-auth or remove high target apps that might allow some level of deniability? (edit: I used the wrong word initially.)
- 1123581321 4y agoLock or mark iPhone as lost from the watch would be a nice feature.
- MBCook 4y agoYou can lock it with “lost mode” via Find My on the watch. You can’t wipe it. But when locked it throws away the keys to the storage in memory so they need to be retrieved from the Secure Enclave again through device password. So without an absolutely amazing exploit all your data on device is totally inaccessible.
- 1123581321 4y agoNice! I had never realized that view in Find Devices scrolled down, embarrassingly. Thank you.
- MBCook 4y agoSure. A few years ago all that stuff was in Find My and they split it out for some reason. Honestly I just assumed it would be there, checked, and sure enough it was.