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a whole mess of updates about which to tell you a veritable slew of updates a messy

slew of updates about which you need to know.

The Mac observer says Apple released iOS 11.4.1 on Monday, bringing with it two changes

and some other changes. The changes about which Apple was most vocal

indicated that the update fixes an issue that prevented some users from viewing

the last known location of their AirP pods and find my iPhone and improves reliability of

sinking mail contacts and notes with exchange accounts. Then there was the

secret change. They can't really be called secret, though Apple seems to have wanted to slip it through without fanfare.

And gadget says USB restricted mode has arrived.

First spotted in an iOS 11.3 beta,

then spotted again in later betas.

This is the feature that keeps interested third parties

from being able to access an iOS device via USB after a really short period of time.

Quoting N-Gagit.

Restricted mode was created to protect iPhones against USB devices used by law enforcement to

crack your pass code and get around encryption. It disables USB access

after the iPhone has been locked for an hour instead of a week as was previously the rule.

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