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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: 0.202s | source
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arcticbull ◴[15 Nov 24 03:08 UTC] No.42143642[source]▶
Periodic reboots are actually a PCI requirement for payment terminals heh, basically every point of sale on the market reboots every 24h.
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Gigachad ◴[15 Nov 24 03:21 UTC] No.42143696[source]▶
Seems like a good defence in depth strategy. These days most systems have a pretty good boot chain security, so after a reboot you know the system is in a valid state and any potential malicious changes have been flushed out.
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1. eleveriven ◴[15 Nov 24 07:05 UTC] No.42144554[source]▶
Exactly! Especially in a world where systems are under constant attack