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   Jason Koebler (jasonkoebler@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:07:07 JST Jason Koebler

   Wild: iPhones cops confiscated as evidence are suddenly rebooting en masse, making them *much* harder for police to hack. Cops theorize Apple pushed an update where iPhones communicate w/ each other and tells them to reboot if not connected to a network

   https://www.404media.co/police-freak-out-at-iphones-mysteriously-rebooting-themselves-locking-cops-out/

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     Aljoscha Rittner (beandev) (beandev@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 06:16:03 JST Aljoscha Rittner (beandev)

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     • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

     @jasonkoebler
     Btw., this is a feature in Android. On disconnect from internet the Android phone can log out and lock the phone. It's an option in security settings. (and yes, not a reboot)
     @jwildeboer

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 22:52:42 JST Paul Cantrell

     in reply to

     • Don Whiteside

     @donw @jasonkoebler
     Per the article, there may be some innocuous new change in iOS 18 that makes sustained “no signal” conditions trigger a reboot sooner, which is fully compatible with your guess.

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     Don Whiteside (donw@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 22:52:43 JST Don Whiteside

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @jasonkoebler @inthehands I’d believe what I read in tea leaves before something about technology that “cops theorize.” I’ve lost track of the number of false news reports I’ve seen about technology concerns from credulous police departments.

     Seems far more likely that if they can’t get a cell signal that they’re burning a lot more battery trying to connect to a tower and then running out of juice/overheating and rebooting. But the update explanation conveniently makes it someone else’s fault.