Security

Sending passwords to other users or devices

AirDrop

When iCloud is enabled, users can AirDrop a saved credential—including the websites it’s saved for, its user name, and its password—to another device. Sending credentials with AirDrop always operates in Contacts Only mode, regardless of the user’s settings. On the receiving device, after user consent, the credential are stored in the user’s Password AutoFill Keychain.

Apple TV

Password AutoFill is available to fill credentials in apps on Apple TV. When the user focuses on a user name or password text field in tvOS, Apple TV begins advertising a request for Password AutoFill over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).

Any nearby iPhone, iPad. or iPod touch displays a prompt inviting the user to share a credential with Apple TV. Here’s how the encryption method is established:

If the device and Apple TV uses the same iCloud account, encryption between the devices happens automatically.
If the device is signed in to an iCloud account other than the one used by Apple TV, the user is prompted to establish an encrypted connection through use of a PIN code. To receive this prompt, iPhone must be unlocked and in close proximity to the Siri Remote paired to that Apple TV.

After the encrypted connection is made using BLE link encryption, the credential is sent to Apple TV and is automatically filled in to the relevant text fields on the app.

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Sending passwords to other users or devices

AirDrop

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