IMPORTANT SECURITY TIP FOR ALL IPHONE USERS

Submitted by sirmarita t3_11cecmi in iphone

Everyone needs to do these 3 steps:

  1. Turn on Screen Time, set a distinct screen time passcode.

  2. Enable Content & Privacy Restrictions

  3. Within Content & Privacy Restrictions, set both Account Changes and Passcode Changes to Don't Allow

This prevents an attacker from changing your Apple ID password or making changes to Face ID/Touch ID.

It can't block everything, though, but it limits the damage that can be done.

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dskatter t1_ja2xdp4 wrote

This seems like a lot of effort when you could just

  1. Have a good password
  2. Don’t be stupid and just have a phone unlock code longer than four digits
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sirmarita OP t1_ja3hgww wrote

It’s definitely worthy the effort to save your years of documentation

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dskatter t1_ja3s1ky wrote

If you’re dumb enough to have a short iPhone passcode, sure.

Edit: here’s a far more useful tip: disable control center access while the phone is locked.

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[deleted] t1_ja2otqi wrote

  • This prevents an attacker from changing your Apple ID password or making changes to Face ID/Touch ID.

It doesn’t stop them if they use the emergency reset feature as this bypasses everything.

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TurtleOnLog t1_ja5evma wrote

There’s a bug in iOS that lets you bypass screentime restrictions to reset the appleid password. It’s been posted about in some recent threads here.

Better advice is to use a long alphanumeric passcode instead of a short 6 digit pin, and be very careful nobody watches while you’re entering it.

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Adorable-Employer244 t1_ja5xuj7 wrote

Apple better has fix coming in the next few days. Totally unacceptable. I need to put in iCloud password to download free app but NOT to reset the whole freaking password? Come on now. Someone needs to be fired.

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