iOS beta 12 4 comes with a change that the police and other authorities will hate because it is meant to make iPhones and iPads harder to hack, although iOS 12 has strengthened security anyway. You already know that iOS 12 brings a function that prevents in any way the connection of USB accessories to the iPhone through the Lightning port if more than an hour has passed since the last unlocking.
Well, iOS 12 beta 4 brings a new change for this function, so that now it would be necessary to unlock the iPhone and iPad every time we connect a USB accessory. Whether it's a simple SD card reader to transfer photos, or connecting to a computer, iOS 12 beta 4 will require unlocking every time.
iOS 12 Beta 4: The Change That Will Upset the Police
Until now, iOS 11 did not require unlocking the iPhone and iPad every time we connect an accessory, even if it is completely new for the terminal, but iOS 12 beta 4 changes this. Criminalists have discovered that they can still break the iPhone if they start a brute force attack at most one hour after the last unlocking of the victim's phones or tablets, but this "gateway" has disappeared.
"To improve security, iOS 12 beta may require you to unlock your passcode-protected iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch in order to connect it to a Mac, PC, or USB accessory."
Apple tried through iOS 12 to offer high security for iPhone and iPad, preventing at the same time the breaking of the access code, but of course a method was found to evade the security measures. Now iOS 12 beta 4 seems to have been thought with a measure designed to solve this problem, but it remains to be seen how effective it will prove to be, in the end.
