how safe are saved passwords on iphone?
I've been using the saved passwords on iPhone feature for years without really thinking about it. At this point I have probably 200+ passwords saved across banking, shopping, kids' school portals, medical accounts, everything.
Last week my husband mentioned his coworker had her iCloud compromised and the hacker apparently got access to all her saved passwords instantly.
My entire digital life is basically behind one Apple ID password and a Face ID scan. If someone got my iCloud credentials through phishing or a data breach, would they have access to all my saved passwords on iPhone too? Apple's documentation talks about end to end encryption and secure enclave but never actually answered my basic question.
Also, when I go into settings I can see every password in plaintext just by using Face ID. So anyone who has my phone unlocked could just scroll through everything? That doesn't feel very safe
How safe is the saved passwords on iPhone system really, and should I be moving everything to a real password manager instead?