iPhones Seized by Cops Are Rebooting, and No One’s Sure Why (gizmodo.com)
from return2ozma@lemmy.world to apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2024 20:27
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kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com on 08 Nov 2024 20:29 next collapse

Confirmed as a security feature in 18.1 btw chaos.social/@jiska/113447894119816217

Buelldozer@lemmy.today on 08 Nov 2024 23:28 collapse

Huh, this is pretty interesting. I wonder if there’s a way to set an Android device to auto-reboot if it hasn’t had a network connection or been unlocked after a preset length of time.

atrielienz@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2024 02:41 next collapse

Graphene OS has this option.

foobaz@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2024 10:16 collapse

Nice! Just checked, it’s set to 18 hours by default.

kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com on 09 Nov 2024 02:49 next collapse

Been a while since I was on android, is tasker still relevant?

Pringles@lemm.ee on 09 Nov 2024 10:23 collapse

Yep

milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee on 09 Nov 2024 09:18 next collapse

I saw something like that pop up on my android (Lineage) the other day.

Blackmist@feddit.uk on 09 Nov 2024 11:34 next collapse

How long are we talking about?

All mine have needed a pin code login every few days, regardless of how often I’ve used it.

Blaster_M@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2024 23:42 collapse

It’s an option on the latest Android - anti-theft measures. It reboots / locks your phone if it detects grab and go activity - using your phone and thief grabs your phone and runs. It also does it if the internet is turned off.

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2024 20:53 collapse

Cause fuck 'em, thats why

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 2024 22:57 collapse

Exactly. Apparently this is a feature. And I find it to be absolutely fucking fantastic because fuck the police. Anything that makes their job harder is worth doing.

fourish@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2024 23:27 collapse

That’s what a lot of people say until they’re in need of some police action then it’s all about “why aren’t the police doing their jobs!?”

For the record I’m 100% against illegal searches. Court orders should be required to look at personal devices.

That said, I volunteer with cops in Canada and find them to be very professional. Saw a female officer working with a non-white individual high on drugs at a hospital and she kept the person calm and relaxed by reading a book to them as you would a child. Totally worked.

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 2024 23:38 next collapse

To be fair, the big reason for being against the cops is qualified immunity. Even though not many cases require qualified immunity, the fact that it exists at all is a serious problem. If the police do something wrong, they should be able to be sued in court and let a jury hear both sides of the argument. I don’t think all individuals who are police are bad people, but they work for the government have no duty to serve and enforce laws passed down by goons.

fourish@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2024 03:11 collapse

Yes totally agree about that. I don’t believe the police in Canada have qualified immunity however it is more difficult to get a conviction against them.

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip on 09 Nov 2024 13:33 collapse

I heard a libertarian viewpoint that seems to make sense to me, and that’s that the police would be required to carry liability insurance. So if they were horrible fucking people, then they would get quickly priced out of the market with their insurance rates and have to find another job of where they weren’t hurting people.

Mango@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2024 03:48 next collapse

The court doesn’t make decisions any better than police.

Clent@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2024 08:12 next collapse

Life isnt a Hollywood movie. The police don’t show up at the penultimate moment during the commission of a crime and save the day.

The police don’t even prevent crime. They show up after a crime has been committed.

Their main benefit is after that crime has occurred when they write the report for your insurance claim.

fourish@lemmy.world on 10 Nov 2024 09:21 collapse

They actually do. I work with them and I’ve seen it on multiple occasions here (not the US). Maybe you should try it.

Ptsf@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2024 20:06 collapse

Dude, you need to see how nasty the justice system in the US really is. They’re not your protectors and they’re literally not required by law to be so. Supreme Court decided that decades ago.

fourish@lemmy.world on 10 Nov 2024 09:19 collapse

But I’m not talking about the US. Did you miss that?