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iPhones Mysteriously Rebooting Themselves, Locking Cops Out
Law enforcement believe the activity, which makes it harder to then unlock the phones, may be due to a potential update in iOS 18 which tells nearby iPhones to reboot if they have not been in contact with a cellular network for some time, according to a document obtained by 404 Media.
Regardless, the reported iPhone reboots highlight the constant cat and mouse game between law enforcement officers and forensic experts on one side, and phone manufacturers Apple and Google on the other. A faraday box blocks electronic signals from reaching the device, such as wipe commands, and stops it from communicating with cellular networks. “That is utterly bizarre and amazing,” Matthew Green, a cryptographer and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, told 404 Media after being shown parts of the document.
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