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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: 0.208s | source
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jsjohnst ◴[15 Nov 24 02:32 UTC] No.42143464[source]▶
Wish this could be reduced lower. If I don’t unlock my phone in a day, something is up and extra paranoia is warranted.
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Hamuko ◴[15 Nov 24 05:22 UTC] No.42144157[source]▶
My guess would be that the three-day timer is the first version to test the waters. Put it out there to see if there are any unexpected problems. And if everything's peachy, lower it in some future release to make it more secure.
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eleveriven ◴[15 Nov 24 07:08 UTC] No.42144566[source]▶
If they went with something more aggressive (like 24 hours) it might annoy more users, especially those who keep their phones locked for a while but don't use them constantly
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Hamuko ◴[15 Nov 24 07:24 UTC] No.42144628[source]▶
I imagine the number of people who don't unlock their iPhones in ≥24 hours is a vanishingly small percentage of the userbase. Especially since with new iPhones, just looking at the lockscreen with your face unobscured is enough to unlock it.
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1. oarsinsync ◴[15 Nov 24 07:49 UTC] No.42144746[source]▶
I imagine a vanishingly small percentage of the user base is still a very large number of people, that as an absolute number, would make up a significant percentage of the users of any other product.

Apple’s scale is so large, it’s easy to forget even tiny percentages are still actually really significant in absolute terms.