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This reads more like a chain email forward than an actual analysis of the iPhone tech stack. Fwd: Fwd: READ THIS!!! You won't believe what the iPhone does when
by paxys 2y ago
This reads more like a chain email forward than an actual analysis of the iPhone tech stack.
Fwd: Fwd: READ THIS!!! You won't believe what the iPhone does when off network and around other iPhones!!!
> It is believed that the iPhone devices with iOS 18.0 brought into the lab, if conditions were available, communicated with the other iPhone devices that were powered on in the vault in AFU. That communication sent a signal to devices to reboot after so much time had transpired since device activity or being off network.
The hypothesis doesn't make any sense because the phone doesn't need to communicate with other phones to decide to restart/lock based on lack of network signal.
> Matthew Green, a cryptographer and Johns Hopkins professor told 404 Media that the law enforcement officials' hypothesis about iOS 18 devices is "deeply suspect," but he was impressed with the concept.
Just about sums it up.
- fastball 2y agoThe article also states that you can use a passcode or Face ID to get into AFU state, but of course you cannot – the main distinguisher (to a user at least) of BFU is that you must unlock with your passcode as biometrics are disabled.