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That is why I am an android dude, you will always find a random ROM on xda with the latest android security patch and sometimes even the latest android version on devices 10+ years old even if the manufacturer has stopped supporting it a while ago.
Installing random ROMs from random developers is an interesting take on security.
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Are you really saying Apple should actively break interoperability with old software?
They should stop charging 30% App Store tax for an inferior product at the very least.
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Touche. P.S. Keep in mind though, what is the state of security of the Android phone you bought new in November 2015?
The Nexus 6 (2014) can still run a version of android with security patches: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/shamu/ Google no longer offers security patches directly, but since you control the phone sufficiently to install your own OS, the community can come together and keep security updates flowing. You could do it yourself if you wanted. Apple devices make this sort of community maintainership effectively impos…
Can we just choose to stop suggesting it as a legitimate solution cause outside of this bubble, it absolutely is not.
How do we know they won’t patch it in like an iOS 15.8.1 update? Even iOS 12 had a security update in 2023 still.
That is why I am an android dude, you will always find a random ROM on xda with the latest android security patch and sometimes even the latest android version on devices 10+ years old even if the manufacturer has stopped supporting it a while ago.
What about the binary blob drivers that can’t be patched and are one of the leading attack vectors? Just look at all of the Qualcomm monthly patches alone . Unless all of your binaries, that have no source, are up to date you’ll never be secure on any XDA rom.
That is why I am an android dude, you will always find a random ROM on xda with the latest android security patch and sometimes even the latest android version on devices 10+ years old even if the manufacturer has stopped supporting it a while ago.
lol! Are you really comparing Apple released operating system updates to xda?
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XDA works a lot on reputation and realistically you will infect like 1k phones none of which will be high value targets. I don't see the motivation. Those maintainers do quite a lot of work to backport patches every week/month and offer OTA. Also I dont enable root when flashing, that is not required at all.
Realistically, if someone makes a fringe rom that may be downloaded a few thousand times, how many people are going to bother checking for nefarious exploits hidden in there? I hate that I wrote that lol. It reeks of the kind of cybersecurity whataboutism that leads to people inconveniencing the SHIT out of themselves for the sake of security.
Some iOS 15 phones like the 5S/SE have no newer comparable phones which makes upgrading difficult. Oh dear, I suppose not browsing the web is another option.
What’s missing from the more recent SE models?
That is why I am an android dude, you will always find a random ROM on xda with the latest android security patch and sometimes even the latest android version on devices 10+ years old even if the manufacturer has stopped supporting it a while ago.
> you will always find a random ROM on xda Installing random ROMs from random developers is an interesting take on security.
This is a 10 year old phone, released in 2014. Edit. I was wrong, 2015, sorry
Apple still sells previous phones as lesser, but still not very affordable, models. The iPhone 7 was released in September 2016 and discontinued in September 2019. It is also on iOS 15.8 so presumably also vulnerable to this. That would be about 4 years of security updates. Not the worst but not beating what e.g. Google promises for Pixel phones now.