On Thursday 404 Media reported that police were freaking out about mysteriously rebooting iPhones. Now multiple experts have found that Apple introduced code that reboots locked phones after a period of time.

On Thursday 404 Media reported that police were freaking out about mysteriously rebooting iPhones. Now multiple experts have found that Apple introduced code that reboots locked phones after a period of time.

  • Lime Buzz@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Reboots if phone has been disconnected from network for some arbitrary time, it is suspected to be less than 24 hours that this happens in.

    This stops cops from hacking the phone using exploits etc.