This feature is for high risk people who would be considered high value targets of nation states which most people would not fall under that category. Sadly journalists in the US might need to enable this feature as well to protect their government sources who blow the whistle on wrongdoing.
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Apple Announces New Lockdown Mode on iOS 16 With 'Extreme' Level of Security
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I doubt they will go bankrupt, my guess is they will cite some national security law that will end Apple’s lawsuit or the government will bail them out.
EU’s regulations would not effect lockdown mode since the user has to turn on this mode and accepts the restricts that come with that mode enabled.
I highly doubt it.
The lockdown mode seems to be a brute force take on security where features, interfaces and apps are disabled - whatever it takes for absolute security.
The "regular security" is about keeping all the features and apps and trying to deal with all the security vulnerabilities they inevitably open up.
Am I too late to make the joke about the EU immediately telling Apple they need to open this up to other vendors/hackers.
Apple is often "late" to the game, but they usually do a bang-up job of this kind of stuff when they finally launch their services. MobileMe obviously not a great example of that, but in terms of their mobile OS, security features, etc... I'm usually pretty impressed with the things they come up with. They may not be first to the dance, but they're often the best dressed.
Apple might be billing this as something aimed at those niche markets, but it also certainly sounds like they’re testing the waters for something that could evolve to allow extra protections to iPhone users in a world where iOS is open.
Some of this looks potentially usable for my use but not all of it. Be nice if you could select what options you want.
Even better would be if you could use 3rd party options in place of.
Even better would be if you could use 3rd party options in place of.
If you are a target and you allow a single opening to your security, you have no security. The best you can hope for is, no one cares about the data on your phone or where you are at.
Hmmm…does this have anything to do with the recent decision by the USSC to overturn Roe v. Wade?
It will be helpful and gladly a welcome addition to those who are in need of an abortion and are terrified that their data may be used against them…
It will be helpful and gladly a welcome addition to those who are in need of an abortion and are terrified that their data may be used against them…
As the saying goes, you are only as secure as the least secure component in your security system.
Ha glad to see I'm not the only one whose first thought was "why wouldn't I just use this all the time?" Most of the things it blocks, I didn't want anyway.
I think CarPlay would be disable…Hmmm... I am trying to figure out why I would not use this all the time and am falling short.
This would probably impact a lot of people.
I’m not sure, as I think GreyKey bypasses the os completely.
It’s really not the same thing, at all. Making an option to let a secure os be more secure, isn’t the same as opening holes which have the potential to invalidate it all, regardless of settings.
But when you have to use an app for work that is only available through third party app stores, lockdown mode wouldn't be an option if it blocked that.
My guess is that it will disband and regroup in obscurity under a different name.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Lockdown mode will not let you install or run apps from any other source than the App Store. It would arguably make sense too.
Loving the Lockdown mode feature!
The spam calls do remain silent on my phone, love that feature. It would be great if it never showed up on my phone at all...and have these losers never hit my voicemail.
Now...the spam texts....Unless there is some feature I am missing, I get these often with the "Ding" notification. Lot of political junk...this will ramp up to the point of utter annoyance near November for me & many others, and just random numbers saying "hi friend" or other meaningless junk.
IDK. Is there ANY way to shut that down...or no.
Wouldn't surprise me to see something like "Lockdown mode cannot be enabled because you have already installed insecure [aka side loaded] apps"