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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 102 points 9 months ago (7 children)

If this is indeed a security feature I'm about to buy my first iPhone.

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 72 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Don't switch to a privacy-violating platform just for a feature found in open source operating systems.

https://grapheneos.org/features#auto-reboot

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 11 points 9 months ago

Oh yeah, see they've done it perfectly by having it based on the last time you unlocked your screen.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

This makes me even more interested in getting a newer pixel with graphene on it. I had the Pixel 3a back in the day, but have been using other devices since then with lineage. But this right here may very well bring me back. The only thing they need to do is have it on by default and set it to like a long time frame like 24 or 36 hours.

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Back in the day? I'm reading this on a Pixel 3a.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

I had a screen issue with mine after a while where the bottom right hand corner of the screen was trying to separate from the body a little bit and there was like this green line that showed up in the middle of my display. It was annoying as hell. Also, that was before I started only letting my battery charge up to 80% and so my battery was pretty well shot by the time that occurred as well.

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

On GrapheneOS, it is on by default and set to 18 hours. It makes sense to me to have the default be less than 24 hours.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

I agree. I was thinking of 18 hours myself because 12 seems a little bit too short. But 24 or above seems far too long.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 9 months ago

You can change it to what you need, i think default is 18

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 9 months ago

Android has it as well. It's customizable, too.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It should be, but it appears to be a bug.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which is really sad quite frankly and if they did add it as a feature it should have a cooldown period of like 48 hours where it reboots twice in that time frame just so that if a cop turned the setting off it would still not help them

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

apple is not in business to obstruct law enforcement

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You say obstruct, I say protect users from totalitarian regimes

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

apple's entire existence depends on the US government... whose team do you think they play for?

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

so 3 Trillion USD apple is trailing a FOSS project on issues of security. checks out lol

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

lol indeed. 12hr club, myself

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 9 months ago

It is a feature on grapheneos :)

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just use a pattern to lock your phone. Police can't do shit if you have that set up.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It's not the lock, it's the fact that phones are usually encrypted after a reboot (to oversimplify). As the article says you have extra security measures to protect a freshly booted phone.