Apple removes iPhone Endpoint Security kernel extension in iOS 27.2 beta 2
The beta reverses a three-day-old discovery that hinted at Mac-style endpoint monitoring on research iPhones.
By Ryan Merket · Published
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Why it matters
Endpoint Security underpins Mac endpoint-detection tools. Its brief appearance in iOS showed Apple testing similar visibility on research iPhones, while beta 2 removes the kernel component needed to provide it.
Apple removed an experimental Endpoint Security kernel extension from iOS 27.2 beta 2, reversing one of the more consequential security additions found in the first beta.…
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