<ul><li>Apple reportedly added a security feature to its latest iPhone operating system, iOS 18, that reboots the phone after it has remained unlocked for 72 hours.</li><li>This feature puts the phone in a more secure state, making it harder for thieves with less sophisticated forensic tooling to unlock a stolen phone, while also giving law enforcement three days to access the data of a criminal’s phone.</li><li>Rebooting the phone puts the device in a state into which its data remains encrypted and nearly impossible to access without the user’s passcode.</li><li>This report comes about two months after Apple unveiled its new smartphone lineup, iPhone 16, and its suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features called Apple Intelligence.</li></ul>

Apple Security Feature Reboots Phones After 72 Hours of Inactivity

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