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

submitted 8 months 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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[–] Link@rentadrunk.org 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

How long until it reboots when inactive?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago

Chris Wade, the founder of mobile analysis company Corellium, told 404 Media that after the fourth day of a device being in a locked state, the device reboots.

[–] vordalack@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago

Do two fucks make a right?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How I do this in Lineage?

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

Wait two weeks, someone will implement this as a Magisk module

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[–] AutoPastry@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Archived version (skip sign-up wall): https://archive.is/dxL65

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If possible in your situation, reader:

Give 404 your proxy emails y’all… Proton, Mozilla, iCloud, whatever it is. They deserve the metrics.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i agree, they do deliver pretty good researched articles. it's the only news site that gets monthly donations from me, and i'm not even interested in podcasts

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[–] astrsk@fedia.io 5 points 8 months 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.

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