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Old Sep 19, 2017, 2:39 am
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Originally Posted by gfunkdave
An interesting related development is that iOS 11, which will be released to the general public tomorrow, has two interesting new features:

1. Pressing the Power/screen off button five times quickly disables the TouchID sensor and makes you enter your password.

2. Plugging the phone - even if unlocked - into a computer makes you type the password before the phone trusts the computer and allows the computer to download its information.
It's unfortunate that Apple hasn't gone the route of hidden partition where one passcode directs the phone to go down one view while another passcode directs the phone to go down another view. This would be far more useful for its phone users outside of the US too.
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