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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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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month 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 1 month 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

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

They are absolutely shredding.

Good on you!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah 404 doing journalism in the world of fake news...

Corpo shills can get fucked.