Ondrej Holzman Apple has implemented a new security element in its iOS mobile operating system associated with unlocking an iPhone or iPad using Touch ID. If you haven't unlocked the device even once with a code lock in the last six days, and not even via Touch ID in the last eight hours, you must enter a new code (or a more complex password) when unlocking.
To the new rules for unlocking pointed out magazine Macworld with the fact that this change probably occurred in recent weeks, although according to an Apple spokesperson, it has been in iOS 9 since the fall. However, in the iOS security guide, this point did not appear until May 12 of this year, which would correspond to a recent implementation.
Until now, there were five rules when you had to enter a code when unlocking your iPhone or iPad:
- The device has been powered on or restarted.
- The device has not been unlocked for 48 hours.
- The device received a remote command to lock itself from Find My iPhone.
- The user has failed to unlock with Touch ID five times.
- User added new fingers for Touch ID.
Now one new thing has been added to these five rules: you must enter the code every time you haven't unlocked your iPhone with this code for six days and you haven't even used Touch ID in the last eight hours.
If you regularly unlock your iPhone or iPad via Touch ID, this situation can simply happen overnight, for example. After at least eight hours of sleep, the device will then ask you for a code in the morning, regardless of whether Touch ID is functional/active or not.
Magazine MacRumors he speculates, that the new eight-hour window that disables Touch ID comes in response to a recent court ruling that forced a woman to unlock her iPhone via Touch ID. Touch ID is, according to some, not protected by the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution, which gives the accused the right not to testify against himself, due to its biometric nature. Code locks, on the other hand, are protected as personal privacy.
they turn an advantage into a disadvantage
It's not better when the dementia of Americans affects the rest of the world :-).
Hey, those demented people also make iPhones, they run Google and about 150 other things you have at home are also from them, you see.
You obviously don't understand, so do the math first :-).
So every morning :o OMG
But mushrooms. One morning in 6 days.
Well, I would say that the post above you is correct. ;)
You can agree with all the posts, but Apple has done a great job with the courts... that has to be acknowledged. Well, that's what they were talking about after all.
The speculation as to what this is for, I think is absolutely clear!
did you really notice it until now? it's been since iOS 9 god