Suddenly having to enter passcode when backing up an unlocked iPhone?

In my opinion, this isn’t just an inconvenience; it is a serious subversion of security for people who do their backups via WiFi.

When iMazing decides it’s time to do a WiFi backup, this authentication screen comes up but it gives no sign what application/service is asking for permission to do the backup.

Unlike a USB backup, I don’t have any context for the this request.

Thus, I’m being asked to blindly approve access to my iOS device. Since iMazing does a WiFi backup daily, I’m going to get this request over and over again until it becomes muscle memory to approve it.

As a result, demanding authentication for each WiFi backup is the perfect cover for a fraudulent request to access my device.

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