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

submitted 1 week ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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On Thursday 404 Media reported that police were freaking out about mysteriously rebooting iPhones. Now multiple experts have found that Apple introduced code that reboots locked phones after a period of time.

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[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Reboots if phone has been disconnected from network for some arbitrary time, it is suspected to be less than 24 hours that this happens in.

This stops cops from hacking the phone using exploits etc.