The danger of losing your iPhone due to theft is something that Apple is considering more and more frequently, which is why it has designed a new feature on its devices called Stolen Device Protection. The goal is to prevent thieves from taking over customer accounts, accessing saved passwords, and stealing money from the rightful owner of the device.
Stolen Device Protection is designed to defend against these attacks by restricting certain settings when you are away from a place where you usually stay such as home or work and will need to be activated specifically to protect yourself, although it will not cover all threats to personal and financial information. on an iPhone.
With Stolen Device Protection activated, if you want to change the password of an Apple ID when you are away from a known place, the device will ask you for your Face ID or Touch ID, having to wait an hour to reconfirm the data, thus and only then change the password.
The same will happen to activate or change the recovery key or trusted phone number, which is why two biometric scans will be needed one hour apart, preventing thieves from changing it at will.
In the case of your Apple Keychain, your Face ID or Touch ID will also be needed to access those passwords, since the access code will no longer serve as a backup for failed biometric data, further limiting your access options. device.
However, despite these measures, if your iPhone is stolen, they could still unlock the device with the passcode and enter any application that is not protected by a password or an additional PIN, making it vulnerable.
