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Apple Lockdown Mode is going to launch on iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura in the fall. It is aimed to protect your Apple device from mercenary spyware, but should you enable it? Let’s answer all such queries here.

In April 2022 The New Yorker posted an article titled “How Democracies Spy on their Citizens” detailing how an iPhone 8 Plus phone owned by Jordi Solé, a pro-independence member of the European Parliament, was hacked by an attacker using NSO’s Pegasus spyware. Other similar cases were published in 2021 and 2022 and today, Apple introduced Lockdown Mode coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac Operating Systems to address high-level spyware.

Apple has announced "Lockdown Mode," a new extreme security measure users can use in the event of a targeted digital attack.

The new security feature by Apple comes after iPhones of high-profile people were targeted by the Pegasus software.

The new mode will switch off certain features on iPhones, iPads and Macs to help people like journalists, activists, and politicians counter government-grade spyware.

Apple launches the Lockdown feature which is claimed to safeguard selective users from the most sophisticated cyber-attacks.

Apple is launching Lockdown Mode, a feature that will put a user’s device into a highly secure state to prevent any spyware attacks.

Apple has previewed "Lockdown Mode" which aims to harden high-risk users against the threat from by hostile states and intelligence agencies.

As state-sponsored cyber attacks with government spyware like Pegasus grow, Apple has previewed an extreme level...

Apple unveiled a new security capability called Lockdown Mode that it says will thwart sophisticated, targeted spyware and hacking attacks on users of its devices. The new security system will come built into operating system upgrades coming this fall for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers.