# Hands-on with Lockdown Mode in iOS 16

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/hands-on-with-lockdown-mode-in-ios-16/69083>\
**Category:** iOS In The News\
**Tags:** via-techcrunch, ios, in-the-news\
**Created:** [15 August 2022 13:26 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/hands-on-with-lockdown-mode-in-ios-16/69083 "2022-08-15T13:26:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [15 August 2022 13:26 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/hands-on-with-lockdown-mode-in-ios-16/69083/1 "2022-08-15T13:26:38Z")

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> Lockdown Mode is a new Apple feature you should hope you’ll never need to use. But for those who do, like journalists, politicians, lawyers and human rights defenders, it’s a last line of defense against nation-state spyware designed to punch through an iPhone’s protections. The new security feature was announced earlier this year as an […]

Read in full here:

> **[Lockdown Mode in iOS 16 just might work](https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/12/apple-lockdown-mode-ios-16/)**
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> Here's what the new spyware-busting feature does, and why it might just work.

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