If there are suspicious computers out there that you’re worried you might have already told your phone to trust, then you can reset your phone’s trusted list by choosing the ‘Reset Location and Privacy’ option from the Reset menu under ‘General’ in settings on iOS. Whenever you’re plugging your phone into a device that you don’t own yourself, just be sure to press the ‘Don’t Trust’ button. A status bar will be running at the top of your computer, letting you know that Sync is in progress (you will only have to sync your phone this one time and it will remember your phone every time you plug it). There will be the words 'Sync Phone' and you click on that.

iTunes should be able to access your iPhone data. If you choose not to trust a computer, you block the access of your iPhone data on it and thus receive the trust alert every time you connect your iPhone to. If you see the Trust/Don’t Trust dialog come up, tap on Trust and the issue is now resolved. In iTunes on PC/Mac, click Edit Preferences. Thankfully, it’s a pretty simple process to ensure you’re not exposed to this vulnerability. Your iPhone will ask you if you 'Trust this computer' and you choose 'Trust'. Disconnect your iPhone from the computer. This works great when you want to sync music or photos, but it’s less good when there’s malicious code installed on the computer in question, which could then be used to gain developer-level controls or otherwise manipulate your iPhone. This is enabled as soon as you tell your iOS device to ‘Trust’ a computer, after which point the device can sync over Wi-Fi so long as it’s connected to the same network. The hack, which is known as ‘trustjacking’, makes use of the ability for iTunes to sync over Wi-Fi. (EVERY TIME) Then when I open IPhoto, which does not open automatically as before, I get this message: Photos on Camera Roll of iPhone cannot be imported because the device is locked with a passcode. That means no trusting your friend’s laptop and it definitely means no trusting a public charging point at the airport. Every time I connect with the cable I am prompted to either TRUST or DON’T Trust this computer. When you’re just plugging your phone in to give it a quick charge, it can be very tempting to quickly mash the screen to dismiss the notification.īut new research, as reported by iDropNews, suggests you should be especially careful to only hit ‘Trust’ if you can actually want to, you know, trust the computer. ‘Trust This Computer?’ it asks, before giving you the option to, ‘Trust’ or ‘Don’t Trust’ the machine.

If you’ve used an iPhone, you’ve almost certainly seen the message that pops up whenever you plug your phone into a new computer.

Security researchers from Symantec have identified a new way of hacking your iPhone, and it all relies on getting you to click ‘Trust’ when your iPhone is connected to a hacked computer.

Iphone trust this computer every time