An eSIM would solve that problem, if she has an iPhone XS or later, and her cellular provider supports eSIM. A phone needs to be unlocked using the device passcode to remove an eSIM.
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iOS 18 Security Feature Causes iPhone to Reboot After Three Days of Inactivity
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She doesn’t, and also she travels to the neighboring country twice a year, where it’s easy to (understand for her how to) swap physical SIMs. The eSIM switching procedures are not intuitive and not instant.
The larger issue is, everything is getting more restricted and complicated, less flexible, assumes certain modes of usage, and requires more attention to navigate correctly. At least making these things configurable would help a bit.
I've told my kids to reboot their phones every few days. Some hacks and spyware get disabled on reboot. Paranoid? for sure. Wrong? 🤷♂️
Bad actors like Steven Seagal or even worse?
If your phone has no passcode or anything on it, I assume it would not matter if it reboots?
I have an older phone with a sim card in to get SMS OTP messages, and with iCloud messages/forwarding those get sent to my primary phone.
This has broken that. I cannot put that sim card in my primary phone, incase it gets stolen I would need to travel back to that country (which I only do once a year) to get a replacement sim. And be locked out of banking etc until then.
I have an older phone with a sim card in to get SMS OTP messages, and with iCloud messages/forwarding those get sent to my primary phone.
This has broken that. I cannot put that sim card in my primary phone, incase it gets stolen I would need to travel back to that country (which I only do once a year) to get a replacement sim. And be locked out of banking etc until then.
I just have to ask, what are you talking about??
No need to call 911 when law enforcement is already there, lol.
In all seriousness though, I have heard that but not sure if it is legit. Haven't seen it on an Apple page.
I LOVE this Feature, along with the smooth skill of executing:
1. Volume Up, 2. Volume Down, ...with thumb
then
3. Hold Power Button, until reboot-chime or Apple Icon appears onscreen,
with Pointer finger.
with the tempo of 1, 2, 3 (hold)
1. Volume Up, 2. Volume Down, ...with thumb
then
3. Hold Power Button, until reboot-chime or Apple Icon appears onscreen,
with Pointer finger.
with the tempo of 1, 2, 3 (hold)
Does your provider not offer eSIMs?
You could bring the old phone and leave the SIM inside, instead of putting it in your primary phone. SMS can be received overseas when roaming or via Wi-Fi if your cellular provider supports it.
Would also be nice if you could set a specific time for reboot, like 3 am in the morning.
Based on the somewhat frequent incidents of seeing "your passcode is required when iPhone restarts" on many mornings with multiple iPhones... I must've had this feature secretly enabled for years!
whoa the cops were lying about proximate iphones causing other iphones to reboot? I’m shocked the police would lie!
Security feature?
With iOS 18, Apple introduced a feature that causes the iPhone to reboot every three days, security researchers have confirmed (via TechCrunch). In a demo video, security researcher Jiska Classen proved that an iPhone left untouched for 72 hours will automatically restart, and Graykey manufacturer also Magnet Forensics wrote a blog post about the feature.
After a reboot, an iPhone is more difficult to break into with the forensic tools used by law enforcement and others, such as bad actors. There are multiple unlocked states for an iPhone, and an iPhone that's at a passcode screen but has been previously unlocked with Face ID/Touch ID is easier to break into.
An iPhone that has recently restarted is in a "Before First Unlock" state, and that is when an iPhone is most secure because all data is encrypted. A reboot will initialize if a device is in a locked state (as in has been unlocked with Face ID or Touch ID but is now at the passcode screen) and has not been unlocked for a 72 hour period.
A 7-day inactivity reboot functionality was initially introduced in iOS 18, but the timer was shortened to three days with the launch of iOS 18.1. An iPhone in "Before First Unlock" state has messaging about Face ID/Touch ID being required after an iPhone restarts. An iPhone in the "After First Unlock" state simply says "Enter Passcode."
Apple has not provided details on inactivity reboot, and kept quiet about the addition of the feature. It was discovered when law enforcement officials noticed iPhones spontaneously rebooting following the launch of iOS 18. 404 Media last week shared a letter from officers in Detroit, Michigan, warning other law enforcement about the new limitation. While police speculated that the reboot could be tied to cellular network connectivity, iPhones will reboot regardless of connectivity status.
There was also speculation that an iPhone running iOS 18.1 could cause other iPhones to reboot, but that does not seem to be the case.
Law enforcement officials can still use brute force tools to get into iPhones running iOS 18 or later, but breaking into an iPhone must now be done before the iPhone restarts.
Article Link: iOS 18 Security Feature Causes iPhone to Reboot After Three Days of Inactivity
Nahh... I believe that a$$le discovered that many devices are used for home automation/media device/... and they are not happy...
And bear in mind that with no SIM pin she cannot receive calls too!
For some specific use cases like testing devices farms this change will be catastrophic. Like screen sharing permission dialog for the headless macs that managed through VNC or other remote desktop software.
Apple devices became strictly one-real-user-only instead of the universal devices. No-bots, in-person-only.
Apple devices became strictly one-real-user-only instead of the universal devices. No-bots, in-person-only.
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Some of those information can be obtained by triggering login attempts, sending requests for OTP etc. Email will be sent and he would have some idea. Also for some websites who don‘t employ frequent session timeout he could receive login attempts emails showing an unknown location. he can also check his account login details for sites that support it.
They do, but to get a new eSim you need to go into a physical store with ID. They don’t support electronic transfer, which I then then wouldn’t have minded putting it on my primary phone.
The sim does receive the sms but i need the wifi to sync it over iCloud to my other device, as it doesn’t have a dara connection (roaming).
I am going to disable passcode/etc on this old phone and see if this will help the phone get on the wifi after the reboot.
So how to I set it to do this after 3 days of any kind of “no valid unlock” because they aren’t going far enough with the security?
Agree. There is no such thing as "digital privacy", and it is our own fault. ...that doesn`t mean privacy has no value. On the contrary, it has become more precious than ever, and well worth fighting for.