Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups

Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by SllX on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:20PM (#33899694)

Do you not use FaceID or TouchID or unlock with the Watch?

I switched my pin to alphanumeric because I’m not putting it in every time I pickup my phone. I can live with the inconvenience of putting the passcode in every couple of days or so.

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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by zaroth on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @04:26PM (#33900512)

I just want to second this. I use a long alphanumeric password to unlock my iPhone plus FaceID.

I enter the password at most a few times a week after reboots and if someone plays with the phone and gets FaceID to fail too many times. It’s not annoying at all to unlock with the keyboard rarely.

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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by sneak on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @05:02PM (#33900941)

I put in my 12 character numeric passphrase multiple times a day because FaceID sucks with masks and covid is still a thing.

I wish TouchID were an option on latest pro iphones.

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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by brewdad on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:31PM (#33901906)

Lately I've found FaceID can't handle my 'first thing in the morning and haven't had my coffee' face. I'm not sure if it's me or if Apple updated the algorithm.

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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by SllX on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @07:29PM (#33902445)

If you haven’t already, I would nuke and pave the facial recognition. Haven’t faced anything like that since TouchID but that would be a red flag to me that the recognition data set is betraying me.

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