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iOS 15 will continue receiving security updates for a while yet, so there’s no pressing reason to upgrade. Or you could donate the phone to Apple in case they c

iOS 15 will continue receiving security updates for a while yet, so there’s no pressing reason to upgrade. Or you could donate the phone to Apple in case they can melt it down and reuse it instead of shredding it.

lapcat 4y ago
> OS 15 will continue receiving security updates for a while yet iOS 14.8 was released on September 13, 2021, iOS 14.8.1 on October 26, 2021, and then nothing else.
- altairprime 4y ago
  iOS 12.5.6 was released on August 31, 2022, fixing CVE-2022-32894: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
  - lapcat 4y ago
    Yes, one actively exploited CVE was patched in iOS 12, which is strange. But as your own link shows, that's the only thing that has been fixed in pre-15 versions since October, despite many many vulnerabilities patched since then in iOS 15.
- majou 4y ago
  iOS 12.5.6 was released on a week ago. iOS 15 will be getting patches even if iOS 14 and 13 don't.
  - lapcat 4y ago
    I don't know why Apple patched that 1 bug in iOS 12. But they didn't patch it in iOS 14 or 13. Moreover, iOS 14 hasn't received any security updates since October, and other than that 1 bug, neither iOS 13 nor iOS 12 have received security updates in an even longer time. You're treating the exception (12.5.6) as if it's the rule, but it's not.
    - Pulcinella 4y ago
      I believe any device that supported iOS13 supports up to iOS15, so apple probably figures people can just update to 15 and get the fix there.
      - Jtsummers 4y ago
        Correct, anything that can run iOS 13 can run 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone C-f for "Supported OS release" and there's a chart showing which devices support which OS. 12 was "sticky" in that it was the last one supporting the 5S and 6. 15 will be similarly sticky given the range of devices (6S/SE(2016)/7) that will be stuck with it and will probably get several more years of security updates as a result.

lapcat 4y ago

> OS 15 will continue receiving security updates for a while yet iOS 14.8 was released on September 13, 2021, iOS 14.8.1 on October 26, 2021, and then nothing else.

altairprime 4y ago
iOS 12.5.6 was released on August 31, 2022, fixing CVE-2022-32894: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
- lapcat 4y ago
  Yes, one actively exploited CVE was patched in iOS 12, which is strange. But as your own link shows, that's the only thing that has been fixed in pre-15 versions since October, despite many many vulnerabilities patched since then in iOS 15.
majou 4y ago
iOS 12.5.6 was released on a week ago. iOS 15 will be getting patches even if iOS 14 and 13 don't.
- lapcat 4y ago
  I don't know why Apple patched that 1 bug in iOS 12. But they didn't patch it in iOS 14 or 13. Moreover, iOS 14 hasn't received any security updates since October, and other than that 1 bug, neither iOS 13 nor iOS 12 have received security updates in an even longer time. You're treating the exception (12.5.6) as if it's the rule, but it's not.
  - Pulcinella 4y ago
    I believe any device that supported iOS13 supports up to iOS15, so apple probably figures people can just update to 15 and get the fix there.
    - Jtsummers 4y ago
      Correct, anything that can run iOS 13 can run 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone C-f for "Supported OS release" and there's a chart showing which devices support which OS. 12 was "sticky" in that it was the last one supporting the 5S and 6. 15 will be similarly sticky given the range of devices (6S/SE(2016)/7) that will be stuck with it and will probably get several more years of security updates as a result.