Patent application suggests Apple may add “attack detection mode” to its next iPhone. It describes a way to set a mobile communications device to summon aid on the user’s behalf if the user fails to interact with the device. The World Intellectual Property Organization has just published a patent application that Apple filed last June, titled “Mobile Emergency Attack and Failsafe Detection” The patent application states that while the device is in attack detection mode, the device can automatically place a telephone call to emergency services (e.g., by calling 911).””]
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