There was a magical period. I suspect it ended with the introduction of the Secure Enclave. But maybe it was a little later.
replyAn 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.
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.
replyIt's not theater. If an attacker can duplicate your device, that's a problem.
replySays 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?
reply> And log back in to all my apps
replyIsn’t this built in when transferring devices? Are backups different?
Some information stored in Secure Enclave and cannot be pulled out from there by design.
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