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

The Verge
Wes Davis @ The Verge 3 place · 11/09/2024 11:49 EDT

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

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 added “inactivity reboot” code in iOS 18.1 that triggers iPh

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