alt Hacker News"However, it appears the defendant did not have that setting enabled, which, in turn, seemingly allowed the system to store the content in the database."
"[A]llowing the system to store the content in the database" on the phone where a third party, such as Apple or a government, can access it is the default
Only a small minority of users know about settings and how to change them. The vast majority of users do not change default settings. Apple knows this
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esseph • today at 2:43 PM
> Only a small minority of users know about settings and how to change them.
I couldn't believe this so went to look up some data on this.
Holy FUCK that is bleak. There needs to be way more computer education, not just "how2type" classes.
If you care about security at all, you disable any previews on the lock screen. The lock screen is by definition visible to anyone without any authorization. Showing anything on it immediately destroys any secrecy. It must be obvious to anyone capable of elementary logic inference.
If you don't know how to disable it, you use your favorite search engine / LLM / knowledgeable relative to find out, and disable it.
But if you just didn't pay attention, "never thought about it", you don't care about security, and no amount of technical means would help, sorry.