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Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by rrebelo on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:16PM (#26946751)
> I wish they added "unlock Mac/use id on Mac with iPhone".

Me too. So I made a program that does exactly that: https://www.gadgetish.com/osx.html

It also works with Android phones, Android Wear watches, Tizen (Samsung) watches, ... even some earbuds or smart tags.

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Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by quenix on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:16PM (#26947498)
This sounds insecure. Do you store the user’s password on disk?
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Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by rrebelo on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:23PM (#26947582)
No, I store on OS-X's keychain.

You made a fair and necessary question but I'd be embarrassed to even think about storing the password on disk, even if encrypted.

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Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by Nextgrid on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:26PM (#26950664)
Unless you’re on a machine with a hardware security module, isn’t keychain just stored somewhere on disk anyway?
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