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What happens if one is in a place with no connectivity for a long time? There are areas of the world like that. Periodic forced reboots are useless and harmful

• cwillu 2y ago
  The phone isn't locked in either of those cases, no? This is only happening on phones that are currently locked, but which were previously unlocked since the last reboot.
  • askvictor 2y ago
    Additionally, this wouldn't require a periodic reboot; only one. So, phone in After First Unlock state loses cellular connection -> timeout period expires without being unlocked -> phone reboots. This process only restarts once the user unlocks it _and_ it has re-acquired a cellular connection.
    • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      Honestly, this is a solid security feature that I do not believe Apple has actually installed.
      • duskwuff 2y ago
        Actually... it looks like they may have just added somethign similar in iOS 18.1. It's based on the phone not being unlocked, though, not network activity. https://chaos.social/@jiska/113447894119816217 https://chaos.social/@jiska/113447894119816217
• Brian_K_White 2y ago
  What great problem do you imagine? A reboot of a phone is hardly the end of the word, and it's trivial and obvious to simply have the trigger conditions be slightly less simple and stupid. Like require some user activity. Require the pin again or some other reassurance. What happens if one is in a place with no connectivity? What indeed? Nothing much. That's what happens.