Latest iPhone Models Automatically Terrorize Feds [Info]

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The feds aren’t sure if the new iPhone issue is a glitch or a designed feature. Either way, they’re upset about it. Models running iOS 18.0 know when they’re in an evidence locker and alert other Apple models in the vicinity, so they can all reboot to a more secure mode, in sync.

iPhone security reboot

Multiple iPhone units, industry insiders alert, “have rebooted themselves.” Not all of them. Just the ones “stored for forensic analysis.

That, 404 Media explains, has been “causing concern among law enforcement officials that Apple has a new security feature.” They didn’t report about it until they had a workaround.

When forensic analysts first noticed the issue, they were stunned. As it began happening more and more frequently, they freaked out.

They instantly started looking for a pattern and found one. Not only were they iPhone models, the phones in question had a few more things in common. “They were all running iOS 18.0, and they had been disconnected from cellular networks for some time.

The first ones studied “were sent into a forensics lab on October 3, 2024.“As noted by the industry experts, “the affected devices even included one that was in Airplane Mode and another that was kept in a Faraday cage, which prevents electrical signals from accessing the device.” There had previously been a bug affecting iPhone devices reported where “the devices began boot-looping.

It could also happen when “they ran low on battery.” Since “iOS 18.1 was not released until October 28,” that’s too simple. “Officials believe the restarts were caused by something else entirely.

When they’re in an evidence locker and alert other ones in the vicinity.

Signal units nearby

The insiders managed to get their hands on a law enforcement alert bulletin about the crisis. It notes that “officers suspect that the iPhone units might be restarting themselves because of changes in the iOS 18 update.

They can’t tell if it is intentional or not. What really concerns them is another little feature apparently included with that update.

Forensic analysts near Detroit, Michigan, faced with the challenge “hypothesize that an iPhone running iOS 18 can send signals that make nearby units reboot if the device has been kept disconnected from cellular networks.” Even ones of an earlier version.

When the “unlock” state gets reset, law enforcement gets locked out. When A goes to B the FBI gets F-d up.

According to “the leaked document,” restart makes it enter “the so-called BFU or ‘before first unlock state,‘ which is more secure than the AFU or ‘after first unlock‘ state.” That means the rebooted ones are a whole lot harder to break into.

An iPhone “rebooting and switching from AFU to BFU presents a significant problem for law enforcement officials and forensics teams, as the device data cannot be accessed easily after a restart.

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