Inside Sierra: How Apple Watch 'Auto Unlock' will let you jump straight into macOS

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  • Reply 41 of 46
    razorpitrazorpit Posts: 1,796member
    why- said:
    I still would prefer a built in service like an iris cam or fingerprint reader
    But Apple already has a qualified solution in the watch.  This was one of the tasks that was built in to the watch.   

    For them to include an iris cam or fingerprint reader they would have to reinvent the wheel.  Stuff like that takes years to develop.  Read the white papers that are out there to get a full understanding of how TouchID works and how the chips are paired together to create a secure enclave.  It goes far beyond the typical fingerprint readers and retina scanners on current laptops and phones.
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  • Reply 42 of 46
    sphericspheric Posts: 2,800member
    lakorai2 said:
    instant... HIPAA Violation. This feature needs to be disabled by a MDM agent if used in a corporate environment. Hopefully Apple will add this to the feature list of MDM agents (like AirWatch) that can disable this. Now we just need Apple to comply to allow all iCloud services to be banned from users using it. iCloud is NOT EPHI or HIPAA compliant.
    Pardon my French, but: what the FUCK are you talking about, and what does it have to do with this topic, which is about future operating systems using the proximity of an Apple Watch to bypass the login screen of a computer?
    razorpit
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  • Reply 43 of 46
    lakorai2 said:
    instant... HIPAA Violation. This feature needs to be disabled by a MDM agent if used in a corporate environment. Hopefully Apple will add this to the feature list of MDM agents (like AirWatch) that can disable this. Now we just need Apple to comply to allow all iCloud services to be banned from users using it. iCloud is NOT EPHI or HIPAA compliant.

    HAAHHHAHAA

    Which is why none of your Health stuff in Healthkit is ever stored on iCloud in the first place!!!!!!

    Heath stuff is only stored on the iPhone itself or in an encrypted itunes backup. It is not stored on iCloud.

    The apple watch has no mechanism in it to backup to iCloud.



    https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/10412


    edited June 2016
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  • Reply 44 of 46
    ppietrappietra Posts: 288member
    ppietra said:
    no support for auto-unlock with an iPhone? weird
    Are there any other security policies involved? Since the Watch can be authenticated with a PIN, that means it would become the weakest security link to get into a Mac. For most people it wouldn’t be of much concerned, but it todays world a PIN is not a good security policy
    A PIN is more secure than a fingerprint, since one can be legally compelled to provide ones fingerprint to unlock a device (regardless of what is the reason for the security concern).
    that one doesn’t fly, security isn’t measured through capacity to avoid legal obligations, I could argue that in some countries one can be legally forced to give the password under a court order, and the Apple Watch can be unlocked by unlocking the iPhone through TouchID. 
    In Apple own words TouchID implementation is more secured than a PIN
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  • Reply 45 of 46
    GateKeeper can also lock your workstation. It locks when the user walks away and when the user walks back it will unlock. A keyfob is connected to the computer via bluetooth and communicates with the computer when the user is away and is HIPAA compliant!
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  • Reply 46 of 46
    Solisoli Posts: 10,038member
    AgeGundam said:
    GateKeeper can also lock your workstation. It locks when the user walks away and when the user walks back it will unlock. A keyfob is connected to the computer via bluetooth and communicates with the computer when the user is away and is HIPAA compliant!
    I don't understand why Apple didn't implement auto-lock. It's inarguably the more important aspect from a security standpoint.
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