AIOS-18-013100 - Apple iOS/iPadOS 18 must disable 'Find My Friends' in the 'Find My' app - Find My app.

Information

This control does not share a DOD user's location but encourages location sharing between DOD mobile device users, which can lead to operational security (OPSEC) risks. Sharing the location of a DOD mobile device is a violation of AIOS-17-011700.

SFRID: FMT_SMF.1.1 #47

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Solution

Install a configuration profile to disable 'Find My Friends' in the Find My app and 'Allow modifying Find My Friends' in the management tool. This a supervised-only control.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_iOS-iPadOS_18_V2R2_STIG.zip