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United States

Auto-Rebooting iPhones Are Causing Chaos for Cops

iPhones are seemingly rebooting automatically and sending signals to nearby units to do the same, and we aren’t sure if it’s a bug or a feature.

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United Kingdom

A newly reported iPhone phenomenon could be bad news for both cops and robbers

U.S. security forces are concerned that the iPhones they seized during the investigation are mysteriously restarting and cannot be unlocked. Apple will have introduced the...

As forças de segurança dos EUA estão preocupadas com o facto de os iPhones que apreenderam em sede de investigação estarem a reiniciar misteriosamente e não poderem ser desbloqueados. A Apple terá introduzido no...

Apple poderá ter uma ferramenta secreta no iOS 18 que está a deixar a polícia inquieta

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Portugal

Apple may have a secret tool in iOS 18 that is making the police uneasy

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images  There is an apparently new iOS 18 security feature that reboots iPhones that haven’t been unlocked in a few days, frustrating police by making it harder to break into suspects’ iPhones, according to 404 Media.  404 Media, which first reported police warnings about the reboots on Thursday, writes that restarted iPhones enter a more secure “Before First Unlock,” or BFU state. Now, it seems Apple adde…

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A new iOS 18 security feature makes it harder for police to unlock iPhones

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California

Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement

According to a report, investigators in the USA are increasingly finding that confiscated iPhones suddenly restart. Is this intentional on Apple's part?

Ermittler in den USA stellen laut eines Berichts zunehmend fest, dass sichergestellte iPhones plötzlich neustarten. Steckt dahinter Absicht von Apple?

US-Ermittler ärgern sich über iPhone-Neustarts

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Germany

US investigators are annoyed about iPhone reboots

Apple recently introduced a new security feature with the iOS 18.1 update that rolled out to users on October 28 that could prove to be troublesome for both thieves and law enforcement officials. According to a report, police officials in the US noticed that some iPhone models that were stored for forensic examination were rebooting on their own, making it much more difficult to bypass the security of the smartphone. A security researcher has co…

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Gautam Adani

Apple's 'Inactivity Reboot' iOS Feature Could Impact Thieves and Police

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Naspers

Apple seems to have introduced an "activity timer" into iOS 18.1 that reboots devices after a set period of time, making it harder to break into them.

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Cops Have Less Time to Break Into iPhones Thanks to iOS 18.1 Security Measure

Apple made your iPhone more secure and apparently no one really noticed until law enforcement got locked out of devices they had previously or were trying to crack.Last week, 404 Media reported on a new phenomenon occurring that was freaking out law enforcement. iPhones that were being stored for forensic investigations were "mysteriously" rebooting, making it harder for LEOs to collect evidence from the devices.Now, a researcher at the Hasso Pl…

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Apple's new iPhone update is locking law enforcement out of phones

Update: A security researcher on Mastodon has cracked the case on this, proving that it has nothing to do with iPhones secretly communicating with each other.   A new report from 404 Media says that law enforcement officials in Detroit, Michigan believe that iOS 18 includes a “new security feature that tells nearby iPhones to reboot if they have been disconnected from a cellular network for some time.” more…

Apple's New iOS 18.1 Feature Challenges Law Enforcement's iPhone Access

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