2. setup shortcuts with a timer to access mic when disconnected from a Mac.
3. add BT/Wifi devices when connected to Mac (aka persistence by author).
4. stolen device protection bypass given you have Mac signed in with same Apple ID.
pxeger1 22 days ago [-]
I use this feature a lot. I noticed a month or two ago that it started requiring way more authentication than it did at release, and then it went back to normal a few weeks later. I wonder if that was while they were fixing whatever vulnerabilities this research might have discovered
hk1337 22 days ago [-]
I thought this was going to be about the remote app you can use to control the Apple TV. I noticed over Christmas it had channel up/down arrows for switching channels.
gigamike 22 days ago [-]
I'm sorry what? This is by far the least useful feature of Seqoia, it requires you to authenticate on the phone and Mac each and every time you try and use it. If my phone is in my bedroom and I want to check on my Anker battery charging status, I have to get up, put my pin in my iPhpone (16 Plus) and then fingerprint auth on my Mac (mini4 Max). Even if you select auto-auth, you stil have to authenticate each and every time you use the feature. If I have to auth on my phone, why not just save time and use that device for the info I need?
_rs 22 days ago [-]
I don’t have to auth on my phone every time. I suspect maybe I do for the first time I use this feature for that boot of my phone, but I haven’t confirmed that yet. This would be useless if you had to auth on the phone every single usage
kbos87 22 days ago [-]
Being able to access iPhone apps I use continuously during the day without having to pick up the device makes this feature hugely useful to me. I only get asked to auth on my iPhone once every few days, if that.
kalleboo 22 days ago [-]
I use this feature all the time, and never have to auth on my phone... Do you have some higher security setting than default, like requiring passcode and not allowing biometric unlock?
damvigilante 22 days ago [-]
That is absolutely not the case. On phone restart I need to reauth, but that’s about it.
bzzzt 21 days ago [-]
Do you shut down the mini after use or put it in sleep mode?
cellular 22 days ago [-]
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bilekas 22 days ago [-]
Ah but when apple does it it's "innovation" /s
In all fairness I don't see the value for this at all except for extremely rare cases.
kgdiem 22 days ago [-]
I use it for a floating window for watching videos & for sending SMS. It’s nice but I forget about it pretty often.
saagarjha 22 days ago [-]
Can't you do that from your Mac directly?
hhh 22 days ago [-]
yes
kgdiem 22 days ago [-]
How do you get a Firefox window to float on top like the iPhone preview window does?
hhh 19 days ago [-]
not sure if its the same in FF but in Safari I can right click the speaker icon on a tab that's playing something and pop it into PiP.
saagarjha 22 days ago [-]
It's great for apps that aren't on Mac yet
aucisson_masque 22 days ago [-]
Interesting presentation, I wish it would have gone deeper on the mechanism that allows a Mac to connect to an iphone.
This is probably much more complex and time consuming than what was done here but it also brings a whole new level to the tracking on iphone.
I could very well see the NSO Group and other pegasus spyware maker abuse it to access iphone, maybe more in situation where you get close to the victim like border checks, police patrols and so on.
2. setup shortcuts with a timer to access mic when disconnected from a Mac.
3. add BT/Wifi devices when connected to Mac (aka persistence by author).
4. stolen device protection bypass given you have Mac signed in with same Apple ID.
In all fairness I don't see the value for this at all except for extremely rare cases.
This is probably much more complex and time consuming than what was done here but it also brings a whole new level to the tracking on iphone.
I could very well see the NSO Group and other pegasus spyware maker abuse it to access iphone, maybe more in situation where you get close to the victim like border checks, police patrols and so on.