Perhaps you could explain why you think those things are security theater. Then your comment would have some actual substance.
The reason I think that they are theater is the same reason that any corporation does things like that. It’s just like Googles bullshit “do no evil” motto. Apple has a long history of doing dramatic things for attention. Do you deny that?
So, what’s your reason? Do you take everything that any corporation does at face value, or just Apple?
The burden is then on you to give a reason that you think that wiping my device after 10 failed pin/password attempts is security theater and not just security.
Apparently your reasoning is just that "Apple is a corporation and corporations use security theater", which is a terrible argument. It assumes that all corporations do certain things without room for exceptions. It also has nothing to do with the actions themselves.
> definition of security theater is taking actions that make it look like you care about security.
If the actions you take to make it look like you care about security also happen to make you more secure, is it security theater? Can a company do something that both makes them look good in the public eye and be good for their users? I think they can.
You're missing the point entirely. I said that Apple doesn't really care if you're actually secure or not...and your response to that is essentially "well, I feel safe". That says nothing about Apples motivations which is what my assumption centers around.
> If the actions you take to make it look like you care about security also happen to make you more secure, is it security theater?
And? Again, you're not speaking to motivation at all, which are the target of my assumptions. I can assume anything I want about Apples motivations based on my view of their history and there isn't much you can do to prove or disprove that, which makes your own complaint about my assumptions rather ridiculous. It's a fucking opinion...get over it!
> Can a company do something that both makes them look good in the public eye and be good for their users? I think they can.
Apparently it's good for some users and not so good for others as in the case of this posters story as well as my own.