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Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops (www.404media.co)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Fun fact: in Australia we don't have a bill of rights of any kind, so the cops can just force you to reveal your passwords. The maximum penalty for refusing is 2 years imprisonment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Umm I forgot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

To the ASIO agent assigned to tracking my every online move:

  1. I didn't see this comment.
  2. I don't understand it.
  3. I would never do such a thing.
  4. I'm sorry this is what your life has been reduced to. Your patriotism is misplaced and you would be happier if you worked against the creeping surveillance state rather than for it. You know better than any of us how horrible it is, and you have the skills we need.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Small comfort: they still can't physically force you like they can with biometrics.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, as an american, I could live with watered down rights if it meant a more representative government

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah, just don't read about what happens to our prime ministers when they attempt to defy the empire. Totes democracy we got over here.