http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/06/13/apple-is-making-it-harder-for-police-to-collect-evidence-from-iphones-of-suspected-criminals/

Apple announced Wednesday that it would block access to a port that law enforcement uses to crack into iPhones during criminal investigations, a move that could reignite debate over whether tech companies are doing enough to help authorities probing serious crimes.

Apple said the change, which would disable the Lightning port on the bottom edge of iPhones an hour after users lock their phones, is part of a security upgrade to better protect the private information of iPhone users. It will have little practical effect on most people using the devices but will make it far more difficult for investigators to use extraction tools that attach through the port for the purpose of collecting the contents of seized iPhones.