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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by cromwellian on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @07:39PM (#11171520)
I'm speaking the case of the San Bernardino killers. Using strong alphanumeric pass phrases are anti-usability, the vast majority of people won't use them. Hell, the vast majority of people don't even have strong alphanumeric passwords on desktop services.

So it falls to either 2-factor or biometric to avoid PINs. Biometric of course has it's own problems.

Perhaps people should really carry around a Secure Enclave on a ring or something, and with a button to self-destruct it in case of emergency. (e.g. pinhole reset)

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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by aianus on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @08:42PM (#11171789)
You only need the strong alphanumeric pass phrases on device startup, then you can use TouchID. I bought an iPhone 6 for exactly this reason (employer required strong passphrase, was too annoying to type in on the Android device I had at the time).
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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by majewsky on Thursday February 25, 2016 @04:24AM (#11173300)
In a way, that's even worse. You're more likely to forget a complicated passphrase when you only have to type it in very seldomly.
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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by 4ad on Thursday February 25, 2016 @05:10AM (#11173460)
You have to enter it every 48 hours.
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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by ralmeida on Thursday February 25, 2016 @08:31AM (#11174245)
Only if you don't unlock the phone in these 48 hours, no?
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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by 4ad on Thursday February 25, 2016 @08:42AM (#11174323)
No, you have to enter it every 48 hours, regardless of what you have done with the phone in these 48 hours, and at every phone boot.
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