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The iPhone 8 was sold new less than 3 years ago. Okay, new features shouldn't be expected, but patching known vulnerabilities should be required.
by Sporktacular 3y ago
The iPhone 8 was sold new less than 3 years ago. Okay, new features shouldn't be expected, but patching known vulnerabilities should be required.
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- sparselogic 3y agoWhat does the iPhone 8 have to do with this discussion? The linked piece specifically refers to iPhone 6S and iOS 15.8.
- 43920 3y agoIt runs iOS 16, where Apple has the same policy of only providing partial fixes. From the article: > A new exploit targeting the iOS (among other OS’) Bluetooth stack has also been left unpatched by Apple in all versions except iOS 17.
- mattl 3y agoiPhone 8 had a patch to iOS 16 released a week ago, 6 years after it was released and 3 years after it was last sold during a global pandemic?
- avarun 3y agoAnd the entire point of the article is that those security patches are ignoring known vulnerabilities that are patched by Apple in iOS 17.