New iOS setting can save your devices from disaster

Apple added Impersonation Risk Detection to iOS 27 and iPadOS 27: it assesses user action risk based on account and device data, with analysis on-device. Apps receive only risk level—Unknown, Medium, or High. Enabled in settings, changes take up to 24 hours.

• Feature assesses risk using patterns, time, context, and on-device sensor data
• App receives only risk level: Unknown, Medium, or High
• Enabled in settings, disabling takes up to 24 hours
• Available only in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, support depends on developers