along withiOS 17.2 official version updateAfter the release, Apple quickly provided the iOS 17.3 beta test version to developers, which included new features that made it more difficult for thieves to steal illegally obtained iPhones.
Before this, Apple actually used passwords to protect stolen iPhones, but if the thief obtained the password used by the owner through a specific method, this mechanism would lose its protective effect.
Therefore, in the iOS 17.3 version, Apple further strengthened the device's anti-theft protection design, adding location, biometric authentication, and delay mechanisms to increase the difficulty for thieves to crack and steal iPhones, preventing the user's password from being accidentally known to others, causing the stolen iPhone to be quickly cracked.
The main reason for adding such a design is that recently many thieves have used rhetoric to deceive victims into trusting them. After successfully obtaining the victim's iPhone password, they steal the iPhone and lock the password or turn off the stolen mode, thereby stealing the data stored in the iPhone or resetting the iPhone to resell it.
Apple said that as the risk of device theft becomes increasingly high, it has been continuously strengthening device anti-theft measures and protecting users' personal data through specific methods.
