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

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286 points joegibbs | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 01:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.394s | source
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SoftTalker ◴[15 Nov 24 02:32 UTC] No.42143463[source]▶
If this is true, then it's a trivial enhancement to make that a configurable setting. 72 hours could be the default, if your security needs are higher, you could turn that down to 12 hours, or even less.
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itake ◴[15 Nov 24 02:36 UTC] No.42143486[source]▶
I agree, but it sounds like apple is choosing 72 hours to give time for the cops, because cops are more coordinated than criminals?
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1. threeseed ◴[15 Nov 24 04:50 UTC] No.42144049[source]▶
It could just be for the user experience.

There are people I know especially older who don't use their phone every day.