And web apps on iOS cannot prevent the screen from dimming and locking, making many type of applications impossible to develop as PWA:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=254545
It's a bug that's been open for years and happens to be beneficial for the app store.
“Apple's privacy is just marketing smoke and mirrors” — an HN commenter, probably
For every privacy feature Apple advertise to consumers about, there are ten they didn't, that still very much raise the bar.
The quiet improvements are so under-marketed that even technically savvy users aren't aware of most of them.
There was a period before MDM matured that certain three letter U.S. Gov agencies forbade iPhones. Not because they were insecure, but because the agency's infosec team couldn't surveil the devices or break in to do a data dump if the employee was under investigation.
Certainly, they still have zero days, and vulns dating back longer than anyone would like. So it's interesting what's happening to iOS use of C: https://blog.timac.org/2023/1019-state-of-swift-and-swiftui-...
Related:
Cops Suspect iOS 18 iPhones Are Communicating to Force Reboots
I wonder if the recent retiring of the CEO of Cellebrite has something to do with this. I read that since IOS 17.4 they've been having troubles accessing devices.
Oh that’s so simple and clever!
So the cops keep all phones plugged in and unlocked at all times to prevent them from re-locking?
also being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42081874
Does anyone know what IDE is used in the screenshot?
Seems to me like it was low-hanging fruit that Apple (no pun intended) finally decided to pick. I imagine dropping to a BFU state will help curb possible brute force or physical access attacks. The relative security/ongoing improvements of iPhones/iOS have given LEOs a certain level of unjust paranoia whenever a new security feature is rolled out.