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iOS Security Feature Destroys 66,000 iPhones — How To Ensure Yours Isn’t Next

Posted on April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 By Davey Winder

Thousands of perfectly usable iPhones are being destroyed each year thanks to one recommend and essential Apple iOS security feature

Way back in 1996 I was fortunate enough to win the “Technology Journalist of the Year” award in the U.K. for an investigation into security threats facing the rapidly evolving internet. I have been encouraging people to take security seriously ever since. The perfect technological storm of an omnipresent internet, blisteringly fast mobile broadband speeds and the computer in your pocket that is your smartphone makes this message more relevant than ever. So it may come as some surprise that I am suggesting disabling one of the most important security features that the iPhone provides.

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