We got a lot of pushback when we began requiring computers to automatically lock after a certain period of time. The more crowded your office environment is the more closely in proximity the watch will need to be for the feature to function, reducing the chances of unintended unlocks. Even holding my Apple Watch within inches of the computer doesn’t result in a successful unlock. For instance when covering Houston Astros games on assignment I more often than not have to use Touch ID to unlock my Mac. In noisy RF environments the performance of the Auto Unlock feature is understandably worse. We already allow the use of personal iCloud accounts, with the exception of iCloud Drive (blocked via configuration profile), so that point isn’t a concern for us. So while a bad actor could hide near the computer and time a keypress for when the user walks by, it isn’t like passing your computer will automatically unlock it leaving it vulnerable until the screensaver kicks in again several minutes later. The keyboard must be touched to begin the unlock sequence. To the second concern, simply being near the computer doesn’t trigger an unlock. There have been numerous times where if I’m oriented the wrong direction, such as putting my left wrist completely on the other side of my body from the computer, that unlocking doesn’t work. I’ve been using the feature for a year now with my personal Apple Watch Series 2 and company 2017 MacBook Pro (15″) w/ TouchBar and in my experience I don’t see these concerns as being issues in day to day usage.įirst, even in ideal environments, the watch needs to be pretty close, within just a couple feet, to succeed with an unlock. It all boils down to the primary concern that simply having the feature enabled would make it easier for an unauthorized person to gain access to the corporate computer (and the data it contains).
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