Apple Platform Security
- Welcome
- Intro to Apple platform security
- Hardware security and biometrics
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System security
- System security overview
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Secure boot
- Boot process for iPad and iPhone devices
- Memory safe iBoot implementation
- Mac computers with Apple silicon
- Intel-based Mac computers
- Signed system volume security
- Secure software updates
- Background Security Improvements
- Operating system integrity
- Device pairing and connection security
- BlastDoor for Messages and IDS
- Lockdown Mode security
- Overview of additional macOS system security capabilities
- System security for watchOS
- Random number generation
- Communicating emergency information using satellites
- Apple Security Research Device
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Encryption and Data Protection
- Encryption and Data Protection overview
- Quantum-secure cryptography with Apple devices
- Passcodes and passwords
- Data Protection
- FileVault
- How Apple protects users personal data
- Digital signing and encryption
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App security
- App security overview
- App code signing process
- App security in iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS
- App security in macOS
- Supporting extensions
- Secure features in the Notes app
- Secure features in the Shortcuts app
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Services security
- Services security overview
- Apple Accounts and Managed Apple Accounts
- iCloud
- Passcode and password management
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Apple Pay
- Apple Pay security overview
- Apple Pay component security
- How Apple Pay keeps users purchases protected
- Credit, debit, and prepaid cards
- Payment authorization with Apple Pay
- Paying with cards using Apple Pay
- Contactless passes in Apple Pay
- Rendering cards unusable with Apple Pay
- Apple Card security
- Apple Cash security
- Tap to Pay on iPhone
- Using Apple Wallet
- iMessage
- Secure Apple Messages for Business
- FaceTime security
- SharePlay security
- Nearby sharing security
- Find My
- Continuity
- Network security
- Developer kit security
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Secure device management
- Secure device management overview
- Device management
- Apple Configurator security
- Screen Time security
- Glossary
- Document revision history
- Copyright and trademarks
[]Sending passwords to other users or Apple devices
Apple sends passwords securely to other users or Apple devices with AirDrop and on Apple TV.
Saving credentials to another device with AirDrop
When iCloud is enabled, users can use AirDrop to send a saved credential to another device. The credential includes the users name and password and the websites its saved for. Sending credentials with AirDrop always operates in Contacts Only mode, regardless of the users settings. On the receiving device, after user consent, the credentials are stored in the users Password AutoFill Keychain.
Filling in credentials in apps on 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 iPad or iPhone displays a prompt inviting the user to share a credential with Apple TV. Heres how the encryption method is established:
If the device and Apple TV uses the same Apple Account, encryption between the devices happens automatically.
If the device is signed in to an Apple 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, the iPhone needs to 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.