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Apple’s iPhone Passcode Problem: Thieves Can Ruin Your Entire Digital Life in Minutes | WSJ

The Wall Street Journal0 HN recommenders · 2023–2023
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A WSJ investigation by Joanna Stern into iPhone thieves who watch victims enter their passcode, then use it to lock them out of Apple accounts and drain bank and payment apps. It explains how the thefts work and how to protect yourself.

HN cites it as evidence that knowing an iPhone passcode is enough to take over an Apple account.

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@devoutsalsa2023 · in “Apple, Goldman Sachs Debut Savings Account with 4.15% Annual Yield”

I’m also concerned about the the iPhone passcode problem. You can change the password on someone’s Apple account with only the passcode. There’s no prompt to enter the old password at all. Apple’s iPhone Passcode Problem: Thieve’s Can Ruin Your Entire Digital Life In Minutes | WSJ [VIDEO]

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@menus2023 · in “My 24 year old HP Jornada can do things an iPhone still can't do”

> Lower chance of identity theft [VIDEO] > Fewer privacy violations The only reason Apple booted Facebook tracking is to become the next Facebook in tracking with its ads. (1) (2) (1) [LINK] (2) [LINK]

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@lazycouchpotato2023 · in “iFixit – We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score”

They don't need to force anyone to do anything. They can just shoulder surf you entering your PIN. [VIDEO]

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