iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just by asking

Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by jedberg on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @10:59AM (#15442328)

You’re using the phone and set it down, it hasn’t auto locked yet.

They have your lock screen password but not your iTunes password.

You thought they were a friend and let them borrow your unlocked phone.

Even for a security conscience person there are plenty of situations where someone could get your unlocked phone.

And most people aren’t security conscience. It’s to protect them, not you.

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by drampelt on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @12:16PM (#15442997)

I get that prompting for an iCloud password again adds an extra step, but if someone has your unlocked phone they probably have enough (email, SMS, phone) to take over your iCloud account anyway.

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by matwood on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @05:24PM (#15445429)

> You’re using the phone and set it down, it hasn’t auto locked yet.

I'm not even security conscious, and always lock my phone before setting it down. I think it started because turning off the screen as soon as you're done saved significant battery life on the phones prior to them knowing if they were laying flat.

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