Mornings With Mark

With iOS 12, Apple will reduce the time an iOS device responds to the USB port when locked down to an hour. Having a hard time understanding why that matters to you? It's because it really won't. It is however a gap in the security posture of these devices that Apple is fixing. Reports are out (see below) that this is Apple moving against law enforcement. I believe that's disingenuous. This is simple a move to fix a security flaw. Other avenues (iCloud, court order against the device owner, etc.) exist for law enforcement to gain access to an iOS device. The original story from Motherboard Coverage from Bloomberg Coverage from the New York Times