Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad Subject: Re: Install iOS 17.4.1 now to patch 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:30:42 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:30:42 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5e4dbf033237d8c916060e0d68da43f4"; logging-data="3292360"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19kLkXu2zYVUf/6yIyed8mGoI/b8nhkd2I=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cxSnAe7ehLw1BSDID3SJ81it9nw= sha1:uC1WLUUrdvGgXcu8098Bzcu9sQs= Bytes: 2237 Enrico Papaloma wrote: > On 4/24/2024 9:36 PM, Chris wrote: >>> The advice is that these iOS zero-day holes that Apple didn't find are so >>> severe, the recommendation is for iPhone owners to update even if they were >>> intending to wait for iOS 17.5 before running yet another update cycle. >> >> There's no reason to wait that long to install updates. > > But a lot of people do wait, for a variety of reasons, not the least of > which is the way iPhones are updated can cause a variety of slowdowns. Still not a reason to wait. The slowdown - if it even exists - is temporary. I can understand waiting a day or two to see any real-world issues shakes out, but not over a month. >>> These are the 2 0-day holes that Google found that Apple missed in testing. >> >> Which is why all updates should be installed. Doesn't matter which OS. > > One smartphone OS does "seamless updates" where the user isn't even aware > that updates are happening due to A/B partitions. Which causes its own problems.