iPhone 2.0 to feature extra data-wipe security?. Wiping data off an iPhone should become more secure with the v2.0 firmware than in the current release, say sources using the most recent beta. Although both the v1.x and 2.0 releases present users with an “Erase All Contents and Settings” option, v1.x only performs a regular deletion; v2.0 should mimic the “Secure Empty Trash” option of Mac OS X,… [The Macintosh News Network]
The article mentions that it takes “about an hour,” so you’d have to know well ahead of time that the phone would need to be wiped. This would make it useful for anyone with an iPhone who is entering the Evil Empire, though–they could wipe the phone shortly before the plane lands so that when the Gestapo tries to steal their data there won’t be anything left for them.
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