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I'm not a phone person. What benefit does this provide?
This podcast goes into the reasons that rebooting a locked phone can improve security.
[The 404 Media Podcast] How Apple is Locking Out Cops #the404MediaPodcast https://podcastaddict.com/the-404-media-podcast/episode/185990070 via @PodcastAddict
My take is, it's harder to unlock/hack a phone when it is in the locked state after booting up. This state is somehow different than the booted locked state.
Why, is above my understanding.
Basically, the tools that LE uses to unlock devices uses exploits that require the device to be in what's called an AFU (after first unlock) state. The data on the device is encrypted prior to that first unlock after you boot. If the device is in a BFU state (before first unlock) Cellebrite/Greykey (by far the primary tools used in this space) basically hit a wall.
Thank you for elaborating.