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Why is it possible to change your Apple ID password with just your phone passcode?

iPhones are being stolen and the thieves are demanding the passcode. Is there a way around this?


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Posted on Aug 16, 2023 3:22 PM

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Aug 17, 2023 12:50 PM in response to KiltedTim

Decoy phone is an interesting solution, but annoying. Looking at your phone or not, that doesn't stop gangs. They are aware that everyone has a phone. It seems like there's no solution to this. This seems to be a scary security issue. Why did apple recently change the fact that one does not have to know the old password to make a new one? That is the crux of the problem, it seems. One article says you can protect that section of the phone with a secondary password, designed for kids?

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Aug 17, 2023 3:20 PM in response to tao_of_james

Re: “… That is the crux of the problem, it seems …”


It might seem that the crux of the problem might rather be too much potentially sensitive info carried around EVERYWHERE …


… by users who “demand” that it ALL be instantly accessible anytime; w/o any extra effort on their part.


Adding another password is not going to deter criminals who are already using physical coercion; they’ll just make the victim “cough up more.”


It might seem that the only solution to coercion - for now - is to simply “carry around” less.




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