Apple patent would let iPhone lock itself in case of unusual user behavior

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By Christian ZibregJul 17, 2014, 12:32 pm385 pts
Apple is researching new methods of securing data on your iPhone by sending an alert to another device or locking it altogether to protect against theft should it detect a pattern of unusual behavior. The United States Patent and Trademark Office today published an Apple patent for “Generating notifications…

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