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Comment by transpute

2 years ago

> reboot your iPhone at least weekly

with the Hard Reset key sequence, https://www.wikihow.com/Hard-Reset-an-iPhone

Sorry for the lay question but what’s the benefit of the hard reset over a general restart?

  • Layperson here so just guessing. If not using the hard reset method, the exploit might fake the reboot sequence to maintain its own persistence. AFAIK, a hard reset is built in hardware and thus impossible to fake.

  • I believe they’re assuming that malware can do a pretend reboot whereas the hardware keystroke can’t be faked.