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Every once in a blue moon when I pick up my locked iPhone (which auto-locks in just 30 seconds) and engage the home button just as the screen comes alive from the gyro sensing movement, it unlocks on its own. It just flashes the PIN dialog and slides right onto the home screen. I don't use Touch ID, and never stored my print with it even once to test the feature/hardware. It's been happening ever since iOS 11, with b…
What is up with the Pixel specific bugs lately? One would think Google did more QA on their own products than on stock Android but the opposite seems to be the case.
> When the SIM PUK was reset successfully, a .dismiss() function was called by the PUK resetting component on the “security screen stack”, causing the device to dismiss the current one and show the security screen that was “under” it in the stack Oh, the exceptional safety of object oriented programming!
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On iPhone, keys are evicted from memory when the device is locked. Apps running behind the Lock Screen can only write files to special file inboxes (this is why the camera lets you take pictures while locked but doesn’t display earlier pictures, for example) You’re telling me that android keeps keys in memory for its entire uptime?
What do Windows/Mac/Linux do?
Full disk encryption is only useful on a laptop if the device is powered down fully.
Glad he got rewarded. Feels like this could have played out differently, if it had hit his disclosure deadline we might have been reading about him going to prison, such is the febrile nature of the legal situation around vulnerabilities.
No jail time for simply telling the truth about a discovery I made on my own time.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kxy4k/high-tech-japanese-ho...
But for sure the instruction manual says that the sim can only be inserted/removed while the device is off? Security is ensured!
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iOS has had many flaws this bad or worse, so what would you have people use? I agree current gen smartphones should not trusted for high risk uses but the reality is, they are. There are staggering numbers of people using their phones for banking, crypto trading, or to transmit sensitive information that could collapse markets or start wars. Also consider not all journalists or dissidents get a choice in what phone t…
> iOS has had many flaws this bad or worse Has iOS had a Lock Screen bypass in recent history?
This is a great example of why you should use iOS. Most android devices do not receive security updates long enough to get this update. Since the author effectively tells you how to do it, all you need to do is find a pixel 4 or older and you’re golden.
Besides my opinion that iOS is just simply better built and more secure, the biggest difference for me comes down to the UI. Maybe my mind is just wired more for iOS, but subjectively I would say that it's by far the superior user interface. Snappy as hell too.
I'd say iPhones used to be snappier maybe 5+ years ago, but nowadays I grab an Android phone if I want something to be done fast, say perform a web search. Two exceptions: 1) Android phones are stuttery disasters for some time after booting up. No big deal, since I rarely power my phones off. 2) iPhone is usually faster to snap a photo than Android.
For anything security related, like banking etc. I use iPhone.
Of course your mileage may vary.
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What a weird argument. So if the law enforcement of your country uses this technique to unlock your phone without your permission(or you know, some criminal does that), that's your fault for using a Pixel phone? You should have known better than you know, buying a phone from one of the largest software houses on the planet? I smell a fair hint of victim blaming here.
> I smell a fair hint of victim blaming here. Why is that a bad thing? You should absolutely blame and hold the victim responsible and accountable for their part.
Also, this is an interesting discussion in general. If someone forgets to lock their door and a thief gets in and robs them, do you think it's fair to "blame" the person who forgot to lock their door? Or do you think that maybe we should recognize that 100% of the blame should be on you know, the person doing the robbing?