• Null User Object@programming.dev
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    9 days ago

    I don’t understand.

    “I have no idea who locked it in 2015,” she said.

    So someone can just make your iphone inaccessible for a decade and you can’t override it or log in, even if you have the passcode?

    On the Apple Support community, one user reported their iPhone had been locked for 50 years. Similarly, a post on 9to5Mac’s forum mentioned an iPhone disabled for “23614974 minutes”—about 45 years.

    I’m sorry, what? I guess I’ll just add this to my list of reasons I’m glad I use Android. JFC.

    • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      I get rate limiting the amount of passwors that can be tried (especially when they have a pre-defined limit of 4 or 6 numbers), but going over hours or days between attempts is a bit extreme