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GrayKey Claims to Bypass iPhone Inactivity Reboot Security

4 articles • Started about 1 month ago • Last updated about 1 month ago

A leaked video on October 1 revealed that GrayKey, a law enforcement phone-cracking tool, may have developed a method to bypass iPhone's Inactivity Reboot security feature, which automatically restarts devices after 72 hours without user interaction to prevent unauthorized access. The capability would allow police to keep seized iPhones in an unlocked state beyond Apple's reboot protection window, potentially circumventing one of the company's key security defenses against forced entry.

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