iPhones in Police Custody Reportedly Reboot Themselves, Locking Cops Out
After the mysterious reboots, the devices supposedly enter what is called the Before First Unlock (BFU) state. This makes cracking them to get data about criminal activity much harder.
iPhones Seized by Cops Are Rebooting, and No One’s Sure Why
The lock state of an iPhone determines how easy it is for cops to use third-party tools like Cellebrite to break in and root around. When an iPhone boots after a loss of power, it’s in BFU and much harder to get into. Cops can still brute force their way into the phone, but it’s harder and the data they can extract is limited.
Confusion As iPhones Mysteriously Reboot And Lock Cops Out
Apple’s iPhones employ two main states: Before First Unlock (BFU), which sees information encrypted and Face ID disabled until a user enters a passcode after a reboot. Then there’s After First Unlock (AFU), which is easier to crack when law enforcement needs to and offers more data on the display screen.
iPhones Kept by Law Enforcement Allegedly Reboot Themselves, Locking Them Out
Law enforcement officials said they want to raise awareness of the issue across the forensic and investigative fields.
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iPhones might be harder for police to unlock, thanks to new reboot feature
New code introduced in the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system could make it more difficult for both police and thieves to unlock iPhones. 404 Media reported Thursday that law enforcement officials were warning each other that phones being stored for forensic examination seemed to be rebooting themselves — something that security experts confirmed
Apple's new iPhone update is locking law enforcement out of phones
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.
Cops Have Less Time to Break Into iPhones Thanks to iOS 18.1 Security Measure
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.
Cops think iPhones are secretly communicating with each other to reboot [U]
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.
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