Comment by rightbyte
13 hours ago
Isn't security just an excuse to push user hostile features?
Like, if security was a concern we would have simpler systems and still use 2fa devices for banks etc.
13 hours ago
Isn't security just an excuse to push user hostile features?
Like, if security was a concern we would have simpler systems and still use 2fa devices for banks etc.
Sometimes it's truly useful featutes, but having no toggle in settings making it terrible.
Like iPhone idle auto-reboot every 3 days. After a while they added "Allow Idle Reboot" flag but it only accessible via MDM and require device wipe and for switching it to be a managed device.
What would that be useful for anyway? Sounds like something aimed to prevent people from reusing their old/secondary devices for IoT.
> What would that be useful for anyway?
It puts iPhone in cold boot state if for instance police or any agency confiscate it from you. Better tamper proofing.
Hides memory leaks
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