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Just to play devil's advocate (not a lawyer though): What constitutes a "phone"? Any device with cellular capabilities? What about WiFi calls? What if it's an
by nexuist 8y ago
Just to play devil's advocate (not a lawyer though):
What constitutes a "phone"? Any device with cellular capabilities? What about WiFi calls? What if it's an industrial device with no network (LTE/data) access? Is a laptop with a 3G modem covered under this?
I would suspect the problem is in defining what devices to target, and also the fact that forcing any company to modify the functionality could be perceived as a slippery slope (i.e. security notifications first, NSA backdoors later...)
In Apple's defense, it is pretty difficult to miss an update alert considering it comes through as (a) a push notification, (b) a mandatory alert, and (c) a persistent red badge on the Settings app.
I agree that it might be a good idea to differentiate between a normal update and a security critical one, though.
- Karupan 8y agoValid points. How about restricting the scope to devices connected to a network and having some sort of push notification capability? > In Apple's defense, it is pretty difficult to miss an update alert considering it comes through as (a) a push notification, (b) a mandatory alert, and (c) a persistent red badge on the Settings app. > I agree that it might be a good idea to differentiate between a normal update and a security critical one, though. But there is no mention of severity like you pointed out, and that is crucial. And till such a patch is available, Apple should notify users to disable offending apps/features if possible.
- tedunangst 8y agoSo... every computer running some sort of syslogd?
- Karupan 8y agoNot sure if I'll define it that way, but why not? If my mobile device is capable of showing inane ads as push notifications, why can't I expect security advisories to be delivered that way?