Enable This Secret iOS 27 Feature to Help Protect Against Scams - CNET
When Apple released iOS 27 in September, everyone’s attention went to the new Siri AI, the splashiest feature of the new OS. However, Apple also introduced smaller features, such as Impersonation Risk Detection, which can help protect against certain scams that bypass traditional safeguards, including two-factor authentication.
The tool protects against active social engineering scams, which try to scoop up money or account information by posing as trusted entities, such as your bank or a government agency. Impersonation Risk Detection analyzes factors such as interaction patterns, timing and context to indicate one of three risk levels:
- Unknown: There’s no evidence or detection of suspicious activity. This doesn’t mean the action is confirmed safe.
- Medium: The action shows some signs of suspicious activity.
- High: There are significant signs of suspicious activity.
The analysis happens on-device, which means your personal data is never sent to Apple or the app you’re...
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