iPhone XS Why is iCloud Demanding the Passcode Unlock to My iPad to Turn on iCloud for Another Persons Account???

[Sossity]

I am baffled by this, I have been setting up my old iPhone of which I erased and reset and signed into my dad's apple account. I go into settings, to turn on iCloud keychain. It then keeps asking for the passcode to my iPad, of which I do not have a passcode set up for. My iPad has only fingerprints set up, but not a passcode.

Why is iCloud demanding the passcode to one of my devices to set up with someone else's account?

 

[TwitchyPuppy]

Your iPad has to have a PIN or passcode, as a backup in case unlocking with your fingerprint didn’t work.

 

[russell_314]

Your iPad has to have a PIN or passcode, as a backup in case unlocking with your fingerprint didn’t work.

Exactly this. You may have forgotten the passcode, but there is one and you set it up. If you restart your iPad, you’ll need the passcode.

 

[Sossity]

I am not sure about that, I looked in the settings for passcode, and there is an option to turn it on, if I already had one, I assume the option to turn on a passcode would not be there.

 

[russell_314]

I am not sure about that, I looked in the settings for passcode, and there is an option to turn it on, if I already had one, I assume the option to turn on a passcode would not be there.

What happens when you restart your iPad? I think you can not use a passcode, but I wasn’t aware of you can use a fingerprint without one. Normally, when the fingerprint fails it defaults to passcode.

Maybe I’m wrong on this because I’ve never tried setting up a fingerprint without a passcode

 

[Shirasaki]

Normally, you cannot setup fingerprint/face without a passcode. We are not sure why you believe you can use fingerprint without a passcode.

Since, idk, iOS 11? Apple has revamped the iCloud keychain access so it uses device passcode to help encrypt the data. To restore keychain, you'd need a device passcode. However, I am not sure about that one either.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

I am baffled by this, I have been setting up my old iPhone of which I erased and reset and signed into my dad's apple account. I go into settings, to turn on iCloud keychain. It then keeps asking for the passcode to my iPad, of which I do not have a passcode set up for. My iPad has only fingerprints set up, but not a passcode.

Why is iCloud demanding the passcode to one of my devices to set up with someone else's account?

Was his account setup under the same family umbrella as your account? And/or was your account setup for alternative recovery of his account?

 

[akash.nu]

Normally, you cannot setup fingerprint/face without a passcode. We are not sure why you believe you can use fingerprint without a passcode.

Since, idk, iOS 11? Apple has revamped the iCloud keychain access so it uses device passcode to help encrypt the data. To restore keychain, you'd need a device passcode. However, I am not sure about that one either.

This!

There’s no way you can setup biometric authentication without having a passcode setup first.