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

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

Inactivity reboot" effectively puts iPhones in a more secure state by locking the user's encryption keys in the iPhone's secure enclave chip.

Apple added an inactivity timer that reboots iPhones to a more secure state when they haven’t been unlocked in a while.

Apple seems to have introduced an "activity timer" into iOS 18.1 that reboots devices after a set period of time, making it harder to break into them.

Apple’s latest iOS 18.1 update brings a fresh security feature aimed at protecting user data if an iPhone is lost or stolen. The new Inactivity Reboot function automatically restarts an iPhone after 72 hours of inactivity,

Last week, we saw a report of law enforcement officials being concerned that iPhones were secretly communicating with each other to force reboots, frustrating law enforcement. However, while it seems these suspicions were indeed based on a change that Apple made in a recent iOS update, it’s not what police forensic investigators first thought.

Macworld 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 themselves,

Apple introduces automatic iPhone reboot security feature in iOS 18, enhancing user privacy while complicating unauthorized access attempts by both criminals and law enforcement.