Police believe iPhones running iOS 18 are communicating with each other to reboot themselves and prevent them from being unlocked

Detroit (Michigan) department has serious doubts about the work of the iPhone

iPhone locked with passcode

In 2015, we witnessed an interesting dispute between Apple and the FBI over iPhone encryption. The FBI wanted to unlock the phone of an alleged terrorist to find evidence, and Apple refused, defending the privacy of its users. Police now believe Apple has invented revolutionary software to prevent the iPhone from being unlocked.

Officers from the Detroit, Michigan department are warning other police officers about strange iPhone behavior. They believe it was modified to communicate with other iPhones stored in the evidence room for forensic examination and they are being reset on purpose to prevent unlocking.

The news from 404 Media refers to a change designed by Apple in iOS 18 to protect iPhone encryption.

Apple iPhones are mysteriously rebooting and police believe they are communicating with each other

Detroit police think Apple should be incorporated A security mechanism in iOS 18 This allows an iPhone to communicate with others and reboot itself when disconnected from the mobile data network.

iPhone models running iOS 18 They communicate with each other to reboot themselves and prevent brute force decryptions from being successful.

[…] A situation involving iPhones that when removed from a mobile data network causes other iPhones to reboot within a short period of time (observations possibly within 24 hours). If iPhone is in After First Unlock (AFU) mode, the device will return to Before First Unlock (BFU) mode after the reset. This prevents obtaining digital evidence of the devices.

mode After First Unlocking (AFU) means that an iPhone has been unlocked at least once by its owner using Face ID or passcode. Apparently, once an iPhone loses this state, it is much more difficult to unlock it with brute force methods.

Detroit police think these iPhones running iOS 18.0 can communicate with others if the right conditions are met, sending a signal to initiate a reboot after a period of time without activity or a loss of network connection.

According to 404 Media, even iPhones in airplane mode or in a Faraday cage are restarting. Farday cage has the capacity to block any electromagnetic signals.

Two experts in the field, Matthew Green and Johns Hopkins, believe the police’s hypothesis is “highly questionable” but are impressed by the concept. They think the idea of ​​phones periodically rebooting without a network connection is absolutely great and a great initiative if Apple did it on purpose. Do you think Apple added a security feature to iOS 18?

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Source: i Padizate

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