Apple security rules leave inherited iPad useless
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Re: Apple security rules leave inherited iPad useless
#2This would be disgraceful at the best of times, and it's just adding insult to injury in this case.
It seems not only software but even perfectly usable hardware can now be crippled by some high and might organisation's "security" measures. Roll on changes in the law to compel unlocking mechanisms.
Re: Apple security rules leave inherited iPad useless
#3This would be disgraceful at the best of times, and it's just adding insult to injury in this case. It seems not only software but even perfectly usable hardware can now be crippled by some high and might organisation's "security" measures. Roll on changes in the law to compel unlocking mechanisms.
Actually this is exactly what I want to happen to any devices that I own. Depending on the executor of the will of course, there is a lot to gain from possession of a device/account.
People need to make separate arrangements like password handover etc and sort their affairs out properly. This should be promoted here, not the fact that Apple haven't handed the details over yet.
If I were Apple, I'd deny the request to be honest.
If I were the people in question, Id shrug the iPad off and get on with rebuilding my life.
And before I get accused of sounding insensitive, exactly this happened to me with my father a couple of years back. I had a 1Tb encrypted NAS and no passwords. Had to write the data off.
Edit: that NAS array contained 38,000 photographs for reference that I'll never see.
Re: Apple security rules leave inherited iPad useless
#4Why wouldn't they just completely wipe/reset it?
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#5Why wouldn't they just completely wipe/reset it?
Presumably it has some sentimental material on it, like emails or photos, that is considered more valuable than the iPad itself.
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#6Some people just can't win - if they had granted access, half of HN would be shrieking about "OMG APPLEZ INSECURE".
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#7Apple literally cannot win in the media and the current security narrative. If they could/would remotely unlock or reset passwords people would freak out about lax security you could get around by purely faking a written and signed letter.
This sucks but is all this heartbreak and fighting with a company worth a 500 dollar toy? This whole thing is ridiculous.
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#8This is one of those rare times when Android's inherently insecure system is an advantage.
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#9There's absolutely nothing stopping them from using the iPad with a fresh OS installation, so I don't think useless is actually an accurate description. (Indeed, the BBC title is less linkbaity than this one and acknowledges the subjectivity of that description.)
Without a provision in the will to permit Apple to unlock the device, I can see why it would be hesitant to do so. Certainly, if I bequeathed my phone, computer, or tablet to relatives I would most assuredly not want them to also have access to the content on it.
Re: Apple security rules leave inherited iPad useless
#10Why wouldn't they just completely wipe/reset it?
Can't do that without the password.