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Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops (www.404media.co)

submitted 5 days ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Apple quietly introduced code into iOS 18.1 which reboots the device if it has not been unlocked for a period of time, reverting it to a state which improves the security of iPhones overall and is making it harder for police to break into the devices, according to multiple iPhone security experts.

On Thursday, 404 Media reported that law enforcement officials were freaking out that iPhones which had been stored for examination were mysteriously rebooting themselves. At the time the cause was unclear, with the officials only able to speculate why they were being locked out of the devices. Now a day later, the potential reason why is coming into view.

“Apple indeed added a feature called ‘inactivity reboot’ in iOS 18.1.,” Dr.-Ing. Jiska Classen, a research group leader at the Hasso Plattner Institute, tweeted after 404 Media published on Thursday along with screenshots that they presented as the relevant pieces of code.

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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It wasn't quite, I had to opt in.

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[–] AutoPastry@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If possible in your situation, reader:

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[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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[–] astrsk@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago

BFU has always been useful, it’s nice there’s a bit of autonomy to it now.

It’s also a good time to mention Shortcuts app has lots of useful functions that can automate your phone for security reasons. There are several community made / managed shortcuts that can do things like lock down the phone, enable certain features, and even start recording audio/video on the off chance you’ve been pulled over or are in some sort of situation. You can also tell the phone to power off / reboot via shortcuts which can be a final step after recording and uploading content to the cloud.

Stay safe out there.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

If this is true, then it’s not a setting that users can access. At least not that I can find.

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