[RulerOf]

There was a magical period. I suspect it ended with the introduction of the Secure Enclave. But maybe it was a little later.

An encrypted iTunes backup of a device was a perfect image. Take the backup, pull the SIM card, restore the backup to a new phone with the sim card installed, and it was like nothing had happened.

No reauthentication. No missing notifications. No lost data. Ever.

It was nice.

[throwaway132448]

Security theatre killed this. Everyone must be assumed to be a moron incapable of living with the consequences of their own choices at all times.

[fragmede]

It's not theater. If an attacker can duplicate your device, that's a problem.