Known asLockdown Mode, the new feature is designed to help protect users devices from spyware.

Back then, security researchers told Lifewire that such zero-click attacks werent going to die anytime soon.

The Lockdown Mode is designed to curtail any such snooping attempts.

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“How they havent hardened the App Store against these bad actors is beyond me.”

Short of not using a rig, there is no way to prevent exploitation by a ‘zero-click exploit.’