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>>rafael+(OP)
I wish he would have tried on a different iPhone 16 Pro Max to see if the defect was specific to that individual device.

>>Dustin+Yr
So true! And as any sane Apple user or the standard template Apple Support person would have suggested (and as they actually suggest) - did they try reinstalling the OS from scratch after having reset the data (of course before backing it up; preferably with a hefty iCloud+ plan)? Because that's the thing to do in such issues and it's very easy.

>>crossr+6A
Reinstalling the OS sucks. I need to pull all my bank cards out of my safe and re-add their CVV's to the wallet, and sometimes authenticate over the phone. And re-register my face. And log back in to all my apps. It can take an hour or so, except it's spread out over weeks as I open an app and realize I need to log in a dozen times.

>>post-i+QP
There was a magical period. I suspect it ended with the introduction of the Secure Enclave. But maybe it was a little later.

An encrypted iTunes backup of a device was a perfect image. Take the backup, pull the SIM card, restore the backup to a new phone with the sim card installed, and it was like nothing had happened.

No reauthentication. No missing notifications. No lost data. Ever.

It was nice.

>>RulerO+Mn1
Security theatre killed this. Everyone must be assumed to be a moron incapable of living with the consequences of their own choices at all times.

>>throwa+IK1
It's not theater. If an attacker can duplicate your device, that's a problem.

>>fragme+EO1
Says who? How do you know what’s on my device, how much it matters to me, and what countless other options I have for recourse if that did happen?

>>throwa+XV1
What does that have to do with it being theater or not?

>>fragme+AJ4
Because I’m saying the threat vector you used to justify it is not an issue for me at all, so it’s a baseless justification for “security”, ergo, theatre.

>>throwa+lF6
That's still not theater though. Annoying? Yes, quite! But according to the definition:

> Security theater is the practice of implementing security measures that are considered to provide the feeling of improved security while doing little or nothing to achieve it.[1][2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater#:~:text=Secur...

Just because it's annoying to you doesn't make it security theater.