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| Sep 18, 2023 at 15:30 | comment | added | Logarr | @ceejayoz And that is kind of a sequel to a similar iMessage exploit from last year that has not been fixed in anything lower than 16.2.X. Even though iOS 15 has been receiving security updates since 16 came out, 15 is still vulnerable to that original no-click exploit. | |
| Sep 18, 2023 at 3:32 | comment | added | Siguza | @benwiggy while Apple may provide "security updates" for legacy versions, they explicitly state now that those will not fix all known vulnerabilities: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/… (this has been known for years in the jailbreak scene because jailbreaks for iOS 12.4.x and 12.5.x kept working throughout those security updates, but Apple only semi-recently confirmed this). | |
| Sep 18, 2023 at 1:23 | comment | added | ceejayoz | There was very recently an iMessage exploit that allowed zero-click compromises of iOS devices that Apple issued an emergency patch for. bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/… I wouldn't want to run an iPad that's out of security support. | |
| Sep 17, 2023 at 23:12 | comment | added | Duncan C | I was responding to your broad "Apple devices are safe because of the walled garden" answer. iOS 16 is quite recent, and still supported, so the OP should be fine. Once an OS vendor no longer supports an OS version, however, it becomes risky to keep using it. Apple's cyber security is good, but not perfect. | |
| Sep 17, 2023 at 21:09 | comment | added | benwiggy | @DuncanC iPadOS 16 has only just been superseded by iPadOS 17 this week; and Apple usually provides support for the preceding OS, if not more. | |
| Sep 17, 2023 at 20:42 | comment | added | Duncan C | This answer is sort of true, but not really. Computer OS's are very complex, and there are "zero days" discovered that put you at risk of having your device compromised. When those are discovered, the vendor usually fixes them. For very old OS versions, the vendor may not still support them and provide security patches. (Microsoft did this with Windows XP several years ago, and it is so full of security holes that it is like digital Swiss cheese.) I would research the OS version you are using and see if Apple is still supporting it with security patches. | |
| Sep 17, 2023 at 13:26 | vote | accept | Artus | ||
| Sep 17, 2023 at 12:11 | comment | added | benwiggy | @Artus You may get security fixes for the next year or two, but 3 years was just a nice number that brings your iPad up to 10 years old. As said, at that point, security isn't going to be the main reason you'd want to upgrade. | |
| Sep 17, 2023 at 12:03 | comment | added | Artus | Is there a reason why you mentioned 3 years? Will my ipad get some security updates for the coming 3 years? | |
| Sep 17, 2023 at 10:00 | history | edited | benwiggy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 17, 2023 at 9:55 | history | answered | benwiggy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |