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New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, researchers confirm

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286 points joegibbs | 6 comments | 15 Nov 24 01:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.838s | source | bottom
1. ryandrake ◴[15 Nov 24 02:32 UTC] No.42143459[source]▶
Wonder how they've determined it's a deliberate feature and not some memory leak or something that takes 72 hours to manifest.
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2. RockRobotRock ◴[15 Nov 24 02:51 UTC] No.42143565[source]▶
"inactivity reboot" is in the device logs.

https://www.magnetforensics.com/blog/understanding-the-secur...

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3. astrea ◴[15 Nov 24 03:49 UTC] No.42143814[source]▶
A memory leak that causes a full-system reboot after exactly 72 hours?
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4. stavros ◴[15 Nov 24 07:09 UTC] No.42144572[source]▶
A very finely tuned memory leak.
5. saagarjha ◴[15 Nov 24 10:14 UTC] No.42145506[source]▶
Reverse engineering.
6. saagarjha ◴[15 Nov 24 10:16 UTC] No.42145522[source]▶
> While Apple has a great set of documentation around their security features

lol I wish