Sunday 10 September 2017

iOS 11 makes it a little harder for someone else to get data off your phone

If someone takes your iPhone, can they get your data too?

For years, Apple has been working to make sure the answer is no. The iPhone’s local storage drive has strong encryption, and without a passcode or a fingerprint, there’s no way to get past the lockscreen. If the phone powers down or goes 48 hours without a login, it locks down even further, requiring a passcode to restart. It’s a huge problem for phone thieves — and, as the San Bernardino case demonstrated, makes life difficult for law enforcement too. It’s still possible to get cloud data held on Apple servers, and any data controlled by an app is another story — but if it’s stored locally on your phone, it’s tough to get without your permission.

With those protections in place,...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/10/16276112/ios-11-trusted-device-passcode-fingerprint-change

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/09/ios-11-makes-it-little-harder-for.html

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