In brief: Apple has a history of frustrating law enforcement, from denying requests to help unlock phones to refusing to add backdoors to its software. The latest Cupertino feature annoying officers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. The cops had speculated that iPhones were communicating with each other ...

With iOS 18, Apple introduced a feature that causes the iPhone to reboot every three days, security researchers have confirmed (via TechCrunch). In a demo video, security researcher Jiska Classen ...

Recently, there’s been an iPhone rebooting mystery, with some iPhones have been rebooting without warning and—so it was thought—caused nearby handsets to follow suit. But it now seems something else ...

Apple has added a new security feature to the iPhone, apparently designed to thwart criminals. But it's also been thwarting police. Introduced with iOS 18.2, the new feature automatically reboots an ...

Last week, a report from 404 Media highlighted concerns from law enforcement officials about iPhones automatically rebooting themselves. While law enforcement officials had erroneously speculated that ...

Apple has been pretty serious about improving the iPhone's anti-theft features. With iOS 18, users can finally lock and hide apps with Face ID. These functions make sensitive data safer while ...

Law enforcement officials in Detroit, Michigan are warning other police officers about an alleged iPhone change that causes Apple devices stored for forensic examination to spontaneously restart, ...

Many iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max users are complaining of random reboots on their devices. Users are affected on iOS 18.0.1 stable and iOS 18.1 beta. The issue is not seen on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 ...

A hidden feature in iOS 18.1 will automatically reboot a locked iPhone when it is asleep but hasn't been unlocked for a while, presumably as a security measure. The feature has been identified as an ...

According to security researchers, Apple has quietly added a new feature in iOS 18.1 that makes your iPhone harder to crack. 404 Media reported that iPhones stored by police in evidence were rebooting ...

Some frustrated iPhone users are noticing that their phones are randomly restarting after downloading iOS 26.2.