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by larfus 448 days ago
If Apple advertised a toggle that protects you completely but let the users decide the mitigations, it would severely damage its standing as a secure phone when it would inevitability get exploited. (Targeted) Apple users are usually not technical.
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madeofpalk 448 days ago
About Lockdown Mode https://support.apple.com/en-gb/105120

Harden your iPhone from a cyberattack with Lockdown Mode https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph049680987/io...

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TheDong 448 days ago
You're saying that having "enable full lockdown mode", but _also_ having a toggle in iMessage settings for "Disable automatic display of media attachments" would be less secure?

The poster two above me couldn't find the setting because they looked in iMessage settings for an iMessage security feature, not for lockdown.

And I would turn on the imessage security feature in a heartbeat if it didn't break my browser, and a custom font I have to install via a configuration profile.

I feel like these are both good counter examples to "adding options obviously means people won't use it"

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