Evan Osnos, a staff writer for The New Yorker, has become a viral sensation on Twitter over the last few days for an unfortunate problem he's having with his iPad. Apparently, Osnos's 3-year-old son was trying to use his father's iPad, but inputted the wrong password too many times, causing the iPad to be disabled for 25,536,442 minutes, or a little over 48 years.

This means that the iPad would be locked until 2067, at which point Osnos would be given the chance to put the correct password in again. Osnos reached out to Twitter with his predicament, hoping someone would have a fix for him, but unfortunately, the only way to fix the problem is to do a full restore of the tablet. This means that any data Osnos didn't have backed up on the cloud would be lost forever, so it's understandable why someone may be reluctant to go that route.

At any rate, Osnos has had to give in and perform a full restore on the iPad to get it back in working order. With a lot of content on iPads tied to one's Apple ID and other accounts, though, there's a chance that Osnos may be able to recover some files if he re-downloads the apps associated with them.

Some people may find that locking someone out of a device for 48 years is extreme, but at least Apple is taking security seriously. And with Apple looking to branch out into the gaming market more than ever before, this should be a reassuring thing for gamers who have had to deal with major security breaches in the past.

Apple's increased focus on the gaming market will come in the form of its Apple Arcade game subscription service. Apple Arcade isn't a streaming service like Google Stadia, but it will let players download over 100 games (some of them exclusives) for a monthly fee. While some have said Apple is trying to compete with Google Stadia through Apple Arcade, the service is actually more comparable to something like Xbox Game Pass instead.

Who knows if Osnos ever used his iPad for gaming, but if he did, he should be able to access his games again when he's done restoring the device.