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

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286 points joegibbs | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 01:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | 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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eleveriven ◴[15 Nov 24 07:03 UTC] No.42144547[source]▶
The fact that Apple is adopting a similar approach for iPhones, is pretty much in line with that idea, just applied to personal data protection, isn't it?
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create-username ◴[15 Nov 24 08:13 UTC] No.42144860[source]▶
Isn’t Apple planning on turning iPhones into POS (point of sale) terminals?
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savoytruffle ◴[15 Nov 24 09:18 UTC] No.42145206[source]▶
What do you mean "planning"? They already are in some places, including Apple Stores themselves. But more often you see iPads in that role with a bigger screen for customers. Are they doing the same behavior? (I don't see why not).
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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[15 Nov 24 10:17 UTC] No.42145524{3}[source]▶
For the moment they have an external payment / card terminal; other than the card reader itself, I don't see why an iphone wouldn't work as a formal payment terminal.
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2. rswail ◴[15 Nov 24 11:52 UTC] No.42146090[source]▶
It already does.

Part of the new PCI standard called "Software based PIN entry on COTS" [1] which is also known generically as "PIN on glass".

Banks are now offering it to one-person trade companies etc [2].

[1] https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/new-faqs-on-software-b...

[2] https://www.westpac.com.au/business-banking/merchants-and-pa...