iPhone Lockdown mode: How it works and how to activate it?
Apple has started rolling out the latest iOS 16 security feature, Lockdown mode, for the iPhone 14 series worldwide which offers additional protection to the users facing risks of targeted cyberattacks. The iOS 16 update will bring fresh features including an interactive lock screen and the ability to edit and unsend recently sent iMessages. The new security feature of Lockdown mode will also protect iPhone users from cyberespionage tools like Pegasus. Apple and Pegasus Spyware Apple has marketed its iPhones as the most secure devices on the planet and it continues to do so for years. Last year, a consortium of journalists published The Pegasus Project, which showed over 30,000 human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world, including in India, may have been targeted by Israel-based NSO group’s spyware Pegasus which did not spare iPhones either and attacked users through a variety of exploits including iOS zero-click zero-days. Pegasus allows users to remotely e...