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Re: iOS 15

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Post by jasamer »

KennyBlanken wrote: post #161
Someone1234 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Either turn off automatic updates or don't. You're overanalyzing this.

They're not "overanalyzing" it. Turning off automatic updates means you miss security updates. Point upgrades are automatic, full versions aren't. Apple is clearly going to backdoor this in a 15.1 or 15.2 release, which means you then can't get any security updates and your only option is to go back to a backup of your device from iOS 14.

Apple will allow you to stay on iOS 14 and still receive automatic security updates.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/psa-you-dont-have-to...

Re: iOS 15

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Post by [deleted] »

stingraycharles wrote: post #104
DanTheManPR wrote: post #58

Apple continues to support OS updates on the iPhone 6s, a device released almost 6 years ago. Nor is it reserved for their flagship models - the 2016 iPhone SE also gets the latest and greatest. Meanwhile, my flagship android phone from 2018, the Samsung Galaxy S9, is stuck on the last version of Android. At least it still gets security updates, some manufacturers don't even go that far.

At the same time, I do have to admit that things got very, very slow on the original SE. Maybe it’s the battery life throttling thing, but just felt at the end of its life, even though the software kept updating.

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Re: iOS 15

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Post by beagle3 »

nicoburns wrote: post #179
rootusrootus wrote: post #143

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That is a good strategy. I could have saved a good chunk of change by not insisting that I have the latest shiny.

It worked out pretty well. Paid ~£300 for a second hand Samsung S7 mid 2017 and it lasted until last month (so ~4 years) where it completely died (stuck on the rebooted and then stuck on the boot screen getting really hot). Somehow it was even still getting occasional security updates, although I think that was just luck. Currently using a cheap backup device I normally use for app dev while I workout what my plan fo…

Did it get feature updates? Security updates?

FWIW, the iPhone 6S (first avail oct 2015) gets iOS 15 ; and iPhone 6 still got a security update in mid 2021 despite being out of feature support.

Re: iOS 15

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Post by dont__panic »

pentagrama wrote: post #218

> Now you can install Safari extensions on your iPhone Someone knows if uBlock Origin has plans/is able to develop the extension for Safari iOS? For Safari MacOS is kind of not available. Does not work for Safari 13+, and is maintained externally https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#safari-macos

I would really love an extension like AMP Redirect on my iPhone. AMP pages are almost completely unusable on my phone.

Additionally, an Old Reddit Redirect clone for Safari would be a huge QOL upgrade too.

Re: iOS 15

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Post by briffle »

DCKing wrote: post #256
DanTheManPR wrote: post #58

Apple continues to support OS updates on the iPhone 6s, a device released almost 6 years ago. Nor is it reserved for their flagship models - the 2016 iPhone SE also gets the latest and greatest. Meanwhile, my flagship android phone from 2018, the Samsung Galaxy S9, is stuck on the last version of Android. At least it still gets security updates, some manufacturers don't even go that far.

If in October 2013 you bought a just released Google Nexus 5, you would have had official updates until December 2016. At the end of support, you could have then bought the recent Google Pixel (1). And you would have had official updates until December 2019. A little over 6 years out of two devices is as good as it gets on Android, at least it's as good as it got in the mid-late 2010s. If in October 2013 you bought a…

This is litterally 1 of the 2 reasons I went from a pixel (3XL) to an iphone.

that and not having to mail in my phone, and wait a week for it to come back. that was completely frustrating and silly.

Re: iOS 15

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Post by beagle3 »

gozzoo wrote: post #209
DanTheManPR wrote: post #58

Apple continues to support OS updates on the iPhone 6s, a device released almost 6 years ago. Nor is it reserved for their flagship models - the 2016 iPhone SE also gets the latest and greatest. Meanwhile, my flagship android phone from 2018, the Samsung Galaxy S9, is stuck on the last version of Android. At least it still gets security updates, some manufacturers don't even go that far.

> Apple continues to support OS updates on the iPhone 6s, a device released almost 6 years ago. Nor is it reserved for their flagship models - the 2016 iPhone SE also gets the latest and greatest. I'm not sure whether this is a good thing though. After each major update, older devices become less and less usable. I would appreciate security updates, but I'd gladly skip all these new features that make my phone crawl.

That used to be true, but hasn’t been in a while. My 6s got snappier with iOS 13 and snappier still with 14. Haven’t tried 15 yet.

Re: iOS 15

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Post by iscmt »

dont__panic wrote: post #304
pentagrama wrote: post #218

> Now you can install Safari extensions on your iPhone Someone knows if uBlock Origin has plans/is able to develop the extension for Safari iOS? For Safari MacOS is kind of not available. Does not work for Safari 13+, and is maintained externally https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#safari-macos

I would really love an extension like AMP Redirect on my iPhone. AMP pages are almost completely unusable on my phone. Additionally, an Old Reddit Redirect clone for Safari would be a huge QOL upgrade too.

Released today, fully open source as well.

https://apps.apple.com/app/amplosion-redirect-amp-links/id15...

Re: iOS 15

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Post by tylerhou »

GeekyBear wrote: post #166
KennyBlanken wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Run an on-device scan against a hash database. Using a technology shown to have very frequent collisions. And then they notify law enforcement if they get a hit. Which means even if you're innocent - all your devices get confiscated for months, you probably rack up tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, maybe lose your job, probably lose your friends and get the boot from any social organizations or groups. They…

> Run an on-device scan against a hash database. Using a technology shown to have very frequent collisions. Google and Microsoft have been scanning everything in your account against a hash database for the past decade. Also, unlike Apple's system which doesn't even notify Apple of the first 30 positive results (to protect you from the inevitable false positives) Google and Microsoft offer users no such protection. >…

Apple also has been doing this for photos uploaded to iCloud as they are not currently encrypted.

Re: iOS 15

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Post by thrashh »

danudey wrote: post #203
tillinghast wrote: post #151

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Let the reader understand. (i.e. They're encrypted in transfer and while stored, but Apple holds the keys: https://qr.ae/pGSHY8 , https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1902/en_US/app... [search for 'iCloud'])

For the lazy: > Each file is broken into chunks and encrypted by iCloud using AES128 and a key derived from each chunk’s contents, with the keys using SHA256. The keys and the file’s metadata are stored by Apple in the user’s iCloud account. The encrypted chunks of the file are stored, without any user-identifying information or the keys, using both Apple and third party storage services—such as Amazon Web Services o…

End-to-end encryption prevents a third party from reading your content, but if you are getting your encryption software from the same people that are storing your encrypted data, the only thing stopping them from reading your data is corporate policy.

Which is fine, because I use iCloud and many other cloud services, but you have to acknowledge the fact.

Re: iOS 15

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Post by pentagrama »

temp0826 wrote: post #236
pentagrama wrote: post #218

> Now you can install Safari extensions on your iPhone Someone knows if uBlock Origin has plans/is able to develop the extension for Safari iOS? For Safari MacOS is kind of not available. Does not work for Safari 13+, and is maintained externally https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#safari-macos

Hoping this will allow (some?) firefox extensions as well (considering how firefox on ios actually works). My single biggest gripe with the phone is no ublock with firefox.

You are right, since Firefox (and all other browsers) on iOS are somewhat Safari with a skin, maybe Firefox for iOS now can introduce extensions. At least the same "approved" extensions that now works on Firefox Android (more are coming).
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