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i was wondering about this as well...

so perhaps the only point of this "band-aid fix" is that if the user hasn't connected his iPhone to his computer for 7 days (i'm guessing most non-tech people rarely connect their phones to their computer), the chances are greatly increased that the lightning port is already disabled once it's captured by law enforcement/whoever.

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It's not 7 days from when you last connect it to a computer. It's 7 days since the phone was last unlocked.

Hmmz, i'm not convinced. The quote in the article says:

“To improve security, for a locked iOS device to communicate with USB accessories you must connect an accessory via lightning connector to the device while unlocked – or enter your device passcode while connected – at least once a week.”

Within seven days of the last time you entered your pin, the USB port will function without requiring you to enter your pin.

Where did you get that info?

Because the quote says "enter your device passcode while connected"

= the device has to be connected while entering the pin.

If it's been seven days since you unlocked the phone you will need to enter the device passcode while connected to the device, the prompt coming up because you connected it.

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