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A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life

by gleb on 2/24/23, 4:41 PM with 5 comments

  • by gnicholas on 2/24/23, 7:31 PM

    > Using a remarkably low-tech trick, thieves watch iPhone owners tap their passcodes, then steal their targets’ phones—and their digital lives.

    Ever since TouchID was introduced, I rarely type my passcode (and never in public). How are thieves finding people who need to enter their passcode, and then watching them enter it?

  • by justinclift on 2/25/23, 1:32 AM