So to boil it down:
1) observe victim entering passcode
2) steal victim's phone, which you now know the passcode for
3) use saved passwords on phone to access victim's email, online banking, etc
How exactly is this specific to the iPhone?
1) observe victim entering passcode
2) steal victim's phone, which you now know the passcode for
3) use saved passwords on phone to access victim's email, online banking, etc
How exactly is this specific to the iPhone?
And once they enable "Recovery Key" on your iCloud account, Apple will never let you back in no matter what you do.
Anyway, iPhone is advertised and considered as a secure and privacy conscious compared to Android. It doesn't allow sideloading stating that security is compromised. Plus it's very expensive compared to other phones. So it's bigger news than being the same as Android phones.
> A similar vulnerability exists in Google’s Android mobile operating system.