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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

iPhones Seized by Cops Are Rebooting, and No One’s Sure Why

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iPhones Seized by Cops Are Rebooting, and No One’s Sure Why

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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Cops in Detroit are sending out a warning about what they suspect is a new security feature in iOS 18.
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  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    If this is indeed a security feature I’m about to buy my first iPhone.

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      deleted by creator

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        Two hours seems extremely low.

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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      https://lemmy.world/comment/13350847

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        Bug has been promoted to feature

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      Just use a pattern to lock your phone. Police can’t do shit if you have that set up.

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        It’s not the lock, it’s the fact that phones are usually encrypted after a reboot (to oversimplify). As the article says you have extra security measures to protect a freshly booted phone.

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    Note to those wishing for such a function, it’s possible by creating an iOS Shortcut - New Shortcut > Shutdown > Change it to ‘Restart’.

    From there, you create an automation in Shortcuts to run based on time, location, etc.

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    Hot take: this is actually a bug not a feature.

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    Someone said it in another thread yesterday, baseband memory leak. The firmware for that shit is terrible, I’ve had to deal with it in the past.

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    The police could just ask Apple, it isn’t like they are going to have some secret reboot process that they would hide from the police.

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    Phones that are repeatedly attempted to be unlocked auto hard reset. Been a feature for years.

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