Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims
Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.
A leaked video reveals that a company specializing in phone hacking devices has created a method to bypass iPhone's automatic reboot feature, potentially allowing law enforcement easier access to data on locked phones. This comes after Apple introduced a new 72-hour "inactivity reboot" feature in iOS 2024, designed to make it harder for police to access sensitive data from seized iPhones.
The company behind the new tool, Magnet Forensics, claims their GrayKey Preserve and Evidence Preservation Mode product can freeze iPhones in a specific state that preserves data unavailable due to the inactivity reboot. The video, obtained by 404 Media, shows a Magnet employee explaining that the GrayKey Preserve disables radios like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular to keep the phone in an "After First Unlock" state, even if it reboots.
This supposedly allows police to access data that would otherwise be protected, without seeing the data beforehand. Apple and Magnet have not commented on the leaked information.
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