recently my iPhone developed a new problem where the message “trust this computer Enter passcode to trust this computer and start a backup” spams my phone, even though I am not connected to any computer. It becomes very annoying. I have already had to hit the cancel button like 30 times while typing this. Any ideas on how to stop it? Thanks.
I attached a screenshot of it.
iPhone 13 mini, iOS 16
Open iTunes (Windows or Mac OS older than Catalina) or Finder (Catalina or later). Connect your iPhone to the computer with a USB cable and click on the iPhone icon in iTunes or the iPhone in the Finder sidebar. Once the Summary screen appears uncheck “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected”.
That should stop the requests except when you connect to sync or back up.
This was a change made with iOS 16.1, and it is a workaround for a vulnerability that would allow someone who had hacked your computer to make a backup of your iPhone that they could download and essentially have access to your private information. Here is a summary of the vulnerability:
Available for: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access iOS backups
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2022-32929: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
If you want details you can find them in these two links:
Thanks for the response, but I unchecked it and then hit apply but the request still pops up.
You need to enter your passcode on your phone to start a backup, every time.
Ok, I entered it but the message still pops up even when my phone is not connected to my computer
Then also uncheck Show this iPhone on Wi-Fi.
It is already unchecked.
Did you enter your passcode, and have you restarted your phone?
Do you mean enter my passcode to start the backup? Because I didn’t do that, but I did restart my phone.
Trust this computer message pops up when I’m not connected to any computer
