Apple has always prioritized privacy to promote its products. And recently, the firm reportedly updated its iPhones so that it would be more complicated to unlock them if they fall into the hands of hackers or law enforcement. In a recently published article, our colleagues from TechCrunch relay a publication from 404 Media which evokes a mysterious iPhone functionality, which would have arrived via one of the latest updates, and which would concern the police in the United States.
A new iPhone that would have been spotted by police in the United States
More precisely, this functionality would be described in a document written by police officers in Detroit (Michigan). And, in essence, it would make it more difficult to unlock stored iPhones as part of an investigation. Indeed, when an iPhone is inactive for a certain period of time, this feature would automatically schedule a restart.
An automatic restart to better protect the iPhone?
And the reason this is a problem is because, generally, after a reboot, an iPhone is better protected against password-cracking tools. According to an expert cited by the TechCrunch site, it is possible for the iPhone to restart automatically if it has been in a locked state for 4 days. For the moment, caution is required, since Apple has not confirmed the existence of this new iPhone. However, if this new protection exists, it should not affect users.
- Apple reportedly recently changed the way the iPhone works to make it more difficult for police to access the contents of a locked device, as part of their investigations
- After a certain period of inactivity, in lock state, the device would restart automatically
- And after restarting, it would become more difficult to bypass the lock to access the contents of the device
- But for the moment, the existence of this feature has not been confirmed by Apple
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