New from 404 Media: we've confirmed that Apple quietly introduced code that automatically reboots an iPhone if it hasn't been unlocked after a period of time. This is why cops are being mysteriously locked out of iPhones they're trying to search. https://www.404media.co/apple-quietly-introduced-iphone-reboot-code-which-is-locking-out-cops/

We're a tiny outlet, obviously. We're not going to make false promises about the power of journalism to stop the march to authoritarianism. But, we will continue work on the local, state, federal level and expose everything we can to generate impact https://www.404media.co/why-the-work-still-matters-under-trump/

The cause is unclear right now, and the iOS 18 update is just a police theory. Matthew Green said that theory was "deeply suspect" https://www.404media.co/police-freak-out-at-iphones-mysteriously-rebooting-themselves-locking-cops-out/

Did you vote in America yesterday? If so, you just got doxedThis site takes voter records that can be hard to source and puts them all into one place. Name, address, voter history, for free. It turns voting into a privacy and security risk https://www.404media.co/voted-in-america-this-site-doxed-you/

Last week, the Vatican unveiled Luce, a cartoon character that will serve as the Catholic Church's mascot. But she's already an AI porn sensation, according to a bunch of Luce-themed AI models on Cititai (a16z funded site) https://www.404media.co/luce-porn-vatican/

New: inside the US government-bought tool that can track phones at abortion clinics. Called Locate X, it tracks phones around the world without a warrant. Leakers showed it in action, we watched a phone go from Alabama, to an abortion clinic, back again https://www.404media.co/inside-the-u-s-government-bought-tool-that-can-track-phones-at-abortion-clinics/

@oscherlerI appreciate the snark, although “them” is doing a little more work in that remark than I’d like. (There’s no particular reason to think these are the same people doing the misogynistic deleting.)