Why even let users set their own passwords?

Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by londons_explore on Saturday July 22, 2023 @11:23AM (#36827007)

I hate the fact that if you lose your phone and restore to a new one, suddenly every app is logged out again.

Like can't the login-state be part of the backup? If I was logged in when the backup was taken, I should still be logged in when restored to a new device.

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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by Tagbert on Saturday July 22, 2023 @11:41AM (#36827165)

On iOS many (most?) apps do store your credentials in a way that you don’t have to login if you have restored from backup or setup a new device from backup. Not all do this. Google is one annoying example that requires a fresh authentication.

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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by iknowstuff on Saturday July 22, 2023 @12:59PM (#36827807)

I think if you do an encrypted itunes backup to your mac, they should remain signed in

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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by wlonkly on Sunday July 23, 2023 @10:31AM (#36835655)

Note that this is now in Finder, not iTunes, as of.. some recent MacOS? 11?

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