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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by amelius on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @03:48PM (#15444802)
Great idea. Except, I'm not sure if the average user would benefit from this. Would they be aware of this feature?

(Of course, no question that for us hackers this would be a very useful improvement!)

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by kelnos on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @04:06PM (#15444927)
Not initially, but just as users can be 'trained' to automatically enter in their password when they see a popup, they can eventually be trained to expect a new UI element to indicate it's secure.

Seems like in browsers, the lock icon and (for EV certs) company name in the location bar has been a plus, so there's certainly precedent for this sort of thing.

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