Doesn’t the article contradict what you just said?
“We believe, and Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture team has confirmed to us, that Lockdown Mode blocks this particular attack,” Citizen Lab said.
Apple has something like that too (disabling the biometric unlock). Spam the side button, or press the side button + volume up for a few seconds. Once the screen comes up to shutdown or call 911, biometric unlock is off until you log back in with a PIN.
The most likely issue you’ll encounter is that it blocks almost all message attachment types, so if someone texts you an image, PDF, contact card, etc, it will completely block the attachment.
Daily reminder to use Lockdown Mode, folks. Nothing of value is lost in activating and using it.
Edit: turns out the flaw is exploited by way of an attachment that LM stops from loading. So in this case, LM would save you.
Doesn’t the article contradict what you just said?
“We believe, and Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture team has confirmed to us, that Lockdown Mode blocks this particular attack,” Citizen Lab said.
Edited. Still a sledgehammer approach imo.
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Apple has something like that too (disabling the biometric unlock). Spam the side button, or press the side button + volume up for a few seconds. Once the screen comes up to shutdown or call 911, biometric unlock is off until you log back in with a PIN.
The most likely issue you’ll encounter is that it blocks almost all message attachment types, so if someone texts you an image, PDF, contact card, etc, it will completely block the attachment.
holy shit. Somehow I didn’t know about that. Thank you!