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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin N. Armstrong, San Jose, CA (US);
Per Love Hornquist Astrand, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven M. Williamson, Oakdale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments discussed herein relate to updating and encrypting passwords for one or more computing devices. The computing devices can be associated with a common user account. According to the embodiments discussed herein, the user the can update a password of the user account at one computing device, and log into another computing device using the updated password without having to provide the current password for the other computing device. The embodiments incorporate a variety of encryption and key generation methods in order to safely transmit password updates between local computing devices. Specifically, the embodiments set forth methods and apparatus for generating and storing breadcrumbs that allow for decrypting a current password of a computing device using a new password.
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