Perhaps the 6 digit one is just for initial purposes and then it's based on what you have actually set up. Perhaps it's a bug/glitch of some sort (we are still dealing with a beta). Perhaps it depends on what prompts this dialog to come up to begin with.
6 digit isn't mandatory, when setting a passcode you tap "passcode options" and select "Custom Alphanumeric Code" "Custom Numeric Code" "4-Digit Numeric Code" or "6-Digit Numeric Code". One of these options will be missing if you are already using one of said options for a passcode.
It is a malware - close Safari completely (very important), go to Settings, Safari and clear all history, cookies and website data. Hard reset your phone. Then the message will be gone!
It's not malware.
Well, if it was your malware, you would say that, wouldn't you?
But does that bring up another pop-up to change the passcode, or simply take you to iOS settings for passcode where it can be changed (where nothing outside of iOS itself could gather any information about anything). And if it's another non-iOS pop-up somehow, it wouldn't actually change the actual passcode then, and we'd see people saying that they changed their passcode but the new one wasn't working and the old one still worked. Furthermore, even if passcode information was gathered somehow, doesn't seem like it would be of much use unless someone would actually have access to the device itself, in which case it would have to be specifically targeted "malware" by someone who would have access to the device, and that just seems way too specific to really be realistic on such a scale.Well, if it was your malware, you would say that, wouldn't you?
Joking aside, what is it, exactly? Can you quote any authoritative, independent sources? I googled around a few months ago when I saw the popup on my phone, but there was nothing conclusive I could find.
Thinking about it, if it was possible to fake such a popup via Safari and maybe even a fake passcode change dialog, it would be a great way to harvest passcodes from unsuspecting users.
And since many phones have ApplePay setup now...
We'll here's the thing that's been puzzling me: When I did change my passcode, I changed it to the same passcode and the popup just accepted it. I was happy at the time, but on reflection I was wondering why it didn't reject it (if it was truly related to a work email account that I have on my phone?)
So you are saying it didn't take you to iOS settings area for passcode to do it there, it just presented another pop-up to change the passcode right where you were?
You know I really can't remember. It was a couple of months ago and the darn thing popped up right when I was busy doing something else. I didn't give it enough thought at the time. My bad.
Or crooks could just bulk-harvest device pass codes at random and archive them. Gradually build up a huge list for many people's phones. Then, whenever a lost/stolen device happened to come into their possession, they could check their database to see if they already had the unlock code?
I don't have any authoritative source.Well, if it was your malware, you would say that, wouldn't you?
Joking aside, what is it, exactly? Can you quote any authoritative, independent sources? I googled around a few months ago when I saw the popup on my phone, but there was nothing conclusive I could find.
Thinking about it, if it was possible to fake such a popup via Safari and maybe even a fake passcode change dialog, it would be a great way to harvest passcodes from unsuspecting users.
And since many phones have ApplePay setup now...
