[terrywilcox]

I'm confused by the headline.

The quote from Apple is that they're computing trust scores for your devices for when you attempt a purchase. It sounds like the more you use the device, the more trusted it is. That brand new device that you've never used before shouldn't be trusted.

What I don't understand is how you can reasonably stretch that out to giving people trust scores.

Click bait?

[fghtr]

>>It sounds like the more you use the device, the more trusted it is.

Where did you see it? It says nothing about how the score is calculated.

[terrywilcox]

"To help identify and prevent fraud, information about how you use your device, including the approximate number of phone calls or emails you send and receive, will be used to compute a device trust score when you attempt a purchase," the page reads.

See the "information about how you use your device, including the approximate number of phone calls or emails you send and receive".

So the score calculation for that device includes the approximate number of phone calls or emails you send and receive on it.

You could interpret that as "the more personal activity you have on a device, the less trusted it should be", but that makes no sense. The more you use a device, the more likely it is to actually be your device.

It makes sense to place less trust in devices that you rarely use.

[millstone]

Right. The point is to detect fraudulent purchases made in someone else's name. It wouldn't even make sense to associate this rating with the user.