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

Re:New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, ... by Hamuko on Friday November 15, 2024 @02:24AM (#42144628)

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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Re:New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, ... by oarsinsync on Friday November 15, 2024 @02:49AM (#42144746)

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.

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Re:New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, ... by tlb on Friday November 15, 2024 @04:57AM (#42145417)

Your phone knows how often you normally use it. It could do something intelligent based on a usage pattern to restart when there’s an unusually long gap.

I can see this being too hard to explain compared to “reboots after 72 hours.”

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Re:New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, ... by eleveriven on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @05:14AM (#42192440)

That would be a good solution! A concept that merges predictive behavior with user convenience

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Re:New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, ... by carstenhag on Friday November 15, 2024 @09:48AM (#42147385)

Users that have an iPhone just for work would be affected with a 24h check. Even with 72h they might be affected, but it would be fewer (if you assume they work Fridays and Mondays)

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