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Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone (gizmodo.com)

submitted 5 months ago by VITecNet@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] variants@possumpat.io 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I remember my old phone had the option to auto reboot and I had it set to like 3am but now I don't see that option on newer phones. My previous phone didn't even have a reboot option I had to shut it down and power it back up

[–] viking@infosec.pub 16 points 5 months ago

I'm using Automate for this purpose, it's a very simple flow:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.llamalab.automate

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

For Samsung phones. Go to Settings -> Device Care -> Under Performance you will see Auto Optimization -> At the bottom of the page you will see Auto Restart -> Restart on Schedule -> Done.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Would alarms work after a restart if I don't unlock ot first?

[–] Strepto@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've tested this and they do still work

[–] variants@possumpat.io 3 points 5 months ago

Awesome thank you for your testing

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For iOS they do; I would assume for Android they will as well. It would be pretty bad if an automatic update stopped you from waking up in the morning…

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I have childhood memories of feature phones that would trigger alarms even when the phones were turned off.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 5 months ago

I've noticed my phone doesn't initialize anything until I unlock it then it takes a while for it to boot up and all that but also I haven't seen it reboot on its own, it usually gives you a prompt