Apple's Lockdown Mode Web Browsing Restriction Explained: How New iOS 16 Feature Restricts Internet Access

iOS 16 was unveiled last month during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2022. iOS 16 is already available for beta testers, and will be launched for end users later this year. The Lockdown Mode on iPhones restricts many integral features to protect users from targeted attacks or spyware, one of them being web browsing. A software engineer has now run a test through Apple’s Lockdown Mode to see exactly how the Lockdown Mode disables web browsing. Lockdown Mode also disables support for MP3 on web pages, which the software engineer named Alexis Lours believes to be there to prevent attacks via MP3 files. WHAT ELSE DOES LOCKDOWN MODE RESTRICT ON YOUR IPHONE Apart from restricting web browsing, the Lockdown Mode on iOS 16 also blocks message attachments and link priviews on Apple’s Messages app.