Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "badgolferman" Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad Subject: Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 20:28:51 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 22:28:52 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d5ac04c424306cea0b8a2fef096154f9"; logging-data="2353520"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+GyVquycoUEeV3SAoNcdK8prH1Y/BCh48=" User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.372 (x86; Portable ISpell) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6EwidRtAfnHaUhVMuLXNNa9qE4U= X-Ref: reader443.eternal-september.org ~XNS:00002B8A X-Face: 09>j%-W3HnyolA\I${DXfUw}~nKyLDiU8IwUVM'` Bytes: 2826 Andrew wrote: > >https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/apple-clarifies-security-update-policy-only-the-latest-oses-are-fully-patched/ Earlier this week, Apple released a document clarifying its terminology and policies around software upgrades and updates. Most of the information in the document isn't new, but the company did provide one clarification about its update policy that it hadn't made explicit before: Despite providing security updates for multiple versions of macOS and iOS at any given time, Apple says that only devices running the most recent major operating system versions should expect to be fully protected. In other words, while Apple will provide security-related updates for older versions of its operating systems, only the most recent upgrades will receive updates for every security problem Apple knows about. ------ -- Does Android provide ALL security updates for every major version of software release? -- Is there a reason not to upgrade to the newest major version of iOS within a few weeks of release? -- How old must an iPhone be before it can support the newest iOS major version release?