A new security feature on the iPhone with iOS 18 reboots the phone after 72 hours of inactivity to protect your data.

Last week brought reports of police officials warning other departments that iPhones being stored in evidence for forensic examination were rebooting themselves. 404Media writes that security

OS 18 adds an auto-reboot iPhone feature that is driving authorities crazy. A researcher showed how this function actually works.

Apple has quietly added a new security feature in iOS 18.1 called Inactivity Reboot. Here's what you need to know.

404 Media reported that iPhones stored by police in evidence were rebooting themselves, and it turns out it’s all due to a new Inactivity Reboot feature shipping in iOS 18.1. First reported by security researcher Jiska Classen, this new feature reboots your iPhone if it has gone unused for at least four days.

Introduced with iOS 18, the new feature automatically reboots an iPhone if it's been asleep and in lock mode for an extended period of time. After a reboot, an iPhone becomes more difficult to crack since either the passcode or biometric verification is needed to unlock it.

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

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