Ask HN: Why does Apple want me to expose my iPhone password to repair my screen?

Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple want me to expose my iPhone passwo... by enteeentee on Sunday September 24, 2023 @07:08AM (#37632026)

Lots of people seem to be misunderstanding this post. Apple is not asking for the posters password, they are asking for the poster to disable a function, which can be disabled online and offered a device to do this. They were not offering the device to capture the password in order to perform maintenance.

Poster is concerned about entering password on a device used by many. Poster could go home log on to iCloud on a device they own and disable Find my from there. No passcodes handed over. No access to device data, remains encrypted.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple want me to expose my iPhone passwo... by dpkonofa on Sunday September 24, 2023 @07:22AM (#37632100)

I think that’s because it seems like the OP misunderstood what was being asked of them. I think you’re 100% right here (having gone through this exact process and choosing, exactly as stated, to remove Activation Lock/Find My via my personal machine rather than a store machine) but OP seems to think they were asking for his phone passcode. That doesn’t make sense to me but it looks like that’s what he’s stating - phone passcode, not iCloud login - and I think that’s causing the misunderstanding.

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