Re:Breaking the Mirror – A Look at Apple's New iPhone Remote...
by gigamike on Saturday December 28, 2024 @12:23AM
(#42528811)
I'm sorry what? This is by far the least useful feature of Seqoia, it requires you to authenticate on the phone and Mac each and every time you try and use it. If my phone is in my bedroom and I want to check on my Anker battery charging status, I have to get up, put my pin in my iPhpone (16 Plus) and then fingerprint auth on my Mac (mini4 Max). Even if you select auto-auth, you stil have to authenticate each and every time you use the feature. If I have to auth on my phone, why not just save time and use that device for the info I need?
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Re:Breaking the Mirror – A Look at Apple's New iPhone Remote...
by _rs on Saturday December 28, 2024 @12:41AM
(#42528884)
I don’t have to auth on my phone every time. I suspect maybe I do for the first time I use this feature for that boot of my phone, but I haven’t confirmed that yet. This would be useless if you had to auth on the phone every single usage
Re:Breaking the Mirror – A Look at Apple's New iPhone Remote...
by kalleboo on Saturday December 28, 2024 @03:02AM
(#42529400)
I use this feature all the time, and never have to auth on my phone... Do you have some higher security setting than default, like requiring passcode and not allowing biometric unlock?
Re:Breaking the Mirror – A Look at Apple's New iPhone Remote...
by damvigilante on Saturday December 28, 2024 @03:43AM
(#42529551)
That is absolutely not the case. On phone restart I need to reauth, but that’s about it.
Re:Breaking the Mirror – A Look at Apple's New iPhone Remote...
by kbos87 on Saturday December 28, 2024 @03:01PM
(#42534070)
Being able to access iPhone apps I use continuously during the day without having to pick up the device makes this feature hugely useful to me. I only get asked to auth on my iPhone once every few days, if that.