New iPhone Security Feature: Inactivity Reboot - A Deep Dive
Security researcher Jiska Classen has reverse engineered a new iPhone security feature called 'Inactivity Reboot', which automatically reboots iPhones after three days of inactivity, making it difficult for law enforcement agents to hack the devices.
By Blip Tech
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A recent report revealed that iPhones automatically reboot themselves, which makes it very difficult to hack these devices. Security researcher Jiska Classen discovered that this behavior is caused by a new feature called 'Inactivity Reboot,' which has now been reverse-engineered by Classen. If the last time unlocked exceeds three days, SEP notifies a kernel that kills Springboard (which is the core of iOS) and initiates a reboot. It's much more challenging to bypass it – even if the main kernel is compromised
