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Researcher demonstrates Apple iOS 18 security feature rebooting an iPhone after 72 hours of incativity | See the feature in action


Last week brought reports of police officials warning other departments that iPhones being stored in evidence for forensic examination were rebooting themselves. 404Media writes that security experts...

In brief: Apple has a history of frustrating law enforcement, from denying requests to help unlock phones to refusing to add backdoors to its software. Magnet Graykey suggests the simple solution is to ensure law enforcement extracts evidence from iPhones using its tools as quickly as possible – i.e., within 72 hours of seizing a handset. The Cupertino company famously refused to help the FBI access Syed Rizwan Farook's locked iPhone, one of the San Bernardino shooters.

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