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iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by derefr »

amelius wrote: post #151
l72 wrote: post #98

Still no ability to have separate accounts on an ipad... I sort of understand that a phone is a single user OS, but the ipad most certainly should be a multi user OS.

Apple's products are closer to a personal computer than most PCs ever were ...

"User accounts" in the security sense, maybe isn't the right abstraction.

Have you tried logging in with multiple accounts on a Nintendo Switch? You're sort of just logged into all of them at once; and when you launch a given app/game, it asks you which profile you want to launch it under.

To me, that'd be the perfect multi-user experience for iPad. Any user can unlock it with their own biometrics/credentials; once unlocked, that user can then act as any user that has a profile on the device.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by lapcat »

altairprime wrote: post #171
lapcat wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

iOS 12.5.6 was released on August 31, 2022, fixing CVE-2022-32894: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

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.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by joshstrange »

scrollaway wrote: post #234
joshstrange wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, I’m not running the betas and I searched a bunch before I posted and couldn’t find it mentioned one way or the other. I hope that changes sometime in the future, though I only use 1Password anyways. > Time to pay up! What’s your favorite charity?

> What’s your favorite charity? Not GP but the EFF is the charity most likely to help successfully push for changes here :) I am sending them 50 bucks in your name. Care to double it?

Done [0]

[0] https://imgur.com/a/J6LPAO3

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by lapcat »

majou wrote: post #173
lapcat wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

iOS 12.5.6 was released on a week ago. iOS 15 will be getting patches even if iOS 14 and 13 don't.

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.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by MBCook »

christophilus wrote: post #8

I'm surprised they aren't using the iPhone 14 in the promo images. Anyway, looks like my old iPhone 7 is finally going to have to retire. :/ I can't wait for a good Linux phone. Edit: 7 years of use isn't bad compared to Android, but the phone is still just fine, and it really bothers me that it's turning into e-waste for no good reason.

The group putting this together almost certainly didn’t have “clearance” to see those images before they were publicly released today.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by JaneLovesDotNet »

Anyone surprised by the Island notch software/hardware design? I don't mean the idea of a pill shaped notch. But the fact they're pouring so much software resource into it (even building dev tools) when the shape/size of that cutout should in theory change in the future when technology allows for smaller (or non-existent) cutouts.

They will either feel commited to that hardware design and stick to it longer than they should, or they will have to abandon a lot of software.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by lapcat »

GeekyBear wrote: post #14
christophilus wrote: post #8

I'm surprised they aren't using the iPhone 14 in the promo images. Anyway, looks like my old iPhone 7 is finally going to have to retire. :/ I can't wait for a good Linux phone. Edit: 7 years of use isn't bad compared to Android, but the phone is still just fine, and it really bothers me that it's turning into e-waste for no good reason.

Apple just released another security update for the 2014 iPhone 5s.

For some reason they patched one and only one actively exploited bug in iOS 12. They did not patch the bug in iOS 13 or iOS 14. iOS 14 hasn't received any security updates since October 2021. It's been even longer for iOS 13. And also for iOS 12, except for that one unusual patch. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

We can't treat the exception as the rule. It would be misleading to claim that Apple is still supporting iOS 12, or 13, or 14. Every other security patch in iOS 15 has been left vulnerable in pre-15 versions.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by mwint »

JaneLovesDotNet wrote: post #246

Anyone surprised by the Island notch software/hardware design? I don't mean the idea of a pill shaped notch. But the fact they're pouring so much software resource into it (even building dev tools) when the shape/size of that cutout should in theory change in the future when technology allows for smaller (or non-existent) cutouts. They will either feel commited to that hardware design and stick to it longer than they…

Apple’s shown themselves willing to abandon software as hardware needs dictate (3D touch, grr).

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by gnicholas »

JaneLovesDotNet wrote: post #246

Anyone surprised by the Island notch software/hardware design? I don't mean the idea of a pill shaped notch. But the fact they're pouring so much software resource into it (even building dev tools) when the shape/size of that cutout should in theory change in the future when technology allows for smaller (or non-existent) cutouts. They will either feel commited to that hardware design and stick to it longer than they…

I viewed this as a signal that the island is not going away anytime soon. It's like they told the team: "how can we make it seem like the notch/island is a good thing, like we did it on purpose?"

I don't mind how it looks/operates, and it's definitely nicer seeming than the notch it replaces.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by JaneLovesDotNet »

gnicholas wrote: post #249
JaneLovesDotNet wrote: post #246

Anyone surprised by the Island notch software/hardware design? I don't mean the idea of a pill shaped notch. But the fact they're pouring so much software resource into it (even building dev tools) when the shape/size of that cutout should in theory change in the future when technology allows for smaller (or non-existent) cutouts. They will either feel commited to that hardware design and stick to it longer than they…

I viewed this as a signal that the island is not going away anytime soon. It's like they told the team: "how can we make it seem like the notch/island is a good thing, like we did it on purpose?" I don't mind how it looks/operates, and it's definitely nicer seeming than the notch it replaces.

Right. It's very commital, which I find a bit surprising.
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