Wesley Hilliard

whodiini said:

With a screen time passcode to lock settings, one needs to remove the screen time passcode, then go to content and privacy restrictions to allow for passcode changes. Then the face ID and passcode will show up in settings and you can now turn on Stolen Device Protection.  Then if you want the added security, turn back off passcode changes and set your screen time passcode.  I have yet to figure out if having the screen time passcode and the Stolen Device Protection is redundant now.

Screen Time passcode can be reset if you know the iPhone passcode, so it doesn't really do anything except obfuscate the setting by one step. I think you're making things harder for yourself.

AdamL said:

I'm assuming that this won't work with the USB-C iPad mini? Just checked and if the phone dimensions are correct it's off by like a quarter inch. Why won't any of these companies make one of these that will work with phones and the iPad mini? Especially now that the iPhone has moved to USB-C. If I'm wrong would immediately buy. 

You're correct. The controller is too short to work with iPad mini. I'd love to see GameSir or GameVice create a controller for the USB-C iPads, but no one has bothered. Like you said, it seems possible to make a single controller that fits both iPhone and iPad mini, which would be ideal.

AppleZulu said:

"When a physical keyboard is attached to the iPhone, the digital one slides down, giving way to more content. On the iPhone 15 Pro the keyboard takes up almost the entire display."

Is that really true? I don't think it is.

That was meant to say "half the display." Thanks. Funny how one missed word can drastically change the meaning of the post sentence.

Alrescha said:

More than anything, I'd like to see your headlines stop treating rumors and allegations as fact.  It's infuriating.  And by infuriating I mean it makes me stop reading AI for months at a time, deleting it from my RSS reader and browsing habits.

We have a rumor rating system that clearly labels every rumor based on how likely it is given the source. Our headlines always state when something is an announcement from Apple versus a possible future. If it doesn’t directly say “Rumor” or “supply chain” in the headline or lede, it says something like “may” or “might.”

if you have examples of where this isn’t true, that would be helpful. We appreciate the chance to do better if there’s something we can improve.

Everyone saying to use Screen Time forgets that if a thief has access to your device (without Stolen Device Protection) the thief can use the passcode to learn your Apple ID and password from keychain then use that to unlock Screen Time. Sure, it's an extra step, but you're only adding a couple of minutes to the thief having access to change your password.

Stolen Device Protection can't be bypassed without access to the original user's fingerprint or face, twice, in an hour. If anyone can think of how to bypass that without kidnapping the victim, then I think the feature works.