IOS 7.0.2 was a security fix for IOS 7. It kept people from by passing
your pass code screen. There's still a known security bug in IOS 6.1.4,
where in a few rare instances someone could also get past your log in
screen to your data without logging in. Apparently this security flaw
isn't going to be resolved, and I doubt any further security issues with
IOS 6 will be addressed by Apple.
If an App Developer comes out with an update to their app, I find it
very unlikely that they'll spend a lot of time regression testing their
changes to work on prior versions of IOS. The app may continue to work,
but it may not, and I doubt the developer will do much to fix their app
to run on older versions of IOS.
On 09/29/2013 07:41 AM, Aman Singer wrote:
Hi, Chris and all.
With respect, Chris, while your points may well be valid for very old computer
operating systems, I don't see how they can be valid for iOS. If you're
thinking about security against adversaries outside Apple, then you already
have several measures of protection including the app store review process, the
sandboxing built in to the operating system itself, and the inability for any
app to obtain root access which, as those who are trying to jailbreak will
tell you, is not an easy thing to circumvent. All these apply just as much to
six as they do to seven. If your security risk comes from a bad actor inside
Apple, or from Apple itself, which I would say is the main risk with Apple
products, then I don't think you can protect yourself while still using iOS.
After all, the attack may be in the operating system code itself and can be
just as easily secretly placed in six as in seven.
As for support, you will probably want to restore the device before taking it
to Apple anyhow, and if the device cannot be restored, the device has serious
hardware issues and the os you're running won't matter to the resolution.
Finally, in the Apple system backward compatibility is usually excellent. As it
stands now, you're far more likely to get programs that don't support seven
properly than those don't support lower operating system versions.
Aman
On Sep 28, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think this is the only reason to or the only criteria to use to
determine to upgrade or not. Apple isn't supporting IOS 6 any more, so you
won't be getting updates or security fixes for IOS 6. I haven't seen a
statement on this, but I doubt you'll continue to get Apple support if you keep
running IOS 6. App developers will also stop supporting IOS 6.
On 09/28/2013 01:02 AM, Aman Singer wrote:
Hi, Sieghard and all.
I don't think that iOS 7 is particularly bad, but that isn't, IMHO,
the standard I would judge it on. The only reason to upgrade, at least for
me, is that the upgrade will be better than what came before. If it's
better, and I mean better on the whole, taking everything into account, then
it's worth the upgrade no matter what bugs are in the system. The bugs just
reduce the quality, if other things raise it, the update is fine. As it
stands, I think the question is whether iOS 7 is better for any particular
user than iOS 6.x. That's something each user will have to determine for
himself, and it's something which is specific to him. That is, iOS 7 is
worth the upgrade to me because things work better with my Bluetooth to
hearing aid bridge. For someone who doesn't use such a bridge but who's like
me in everything else, it may not be worth it. For someone who hates the old
app switcher, it may be great, and for someone who loves the way mail is
displayed in the old mail program it may be horrible... You get the idea.
Aman
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Pablo Morales
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 4:54 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6
holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.
Well, I just have a complain about Ios 7. It makes my iPhone 4, a old iPhone
of 16Gb, a little bit slow. Also, some times I try to open apps, and they
just doesn't open, and I guess is it because the Ios 7 is too heavy for the
processor of my old iPhone 4.
But in my iPhone 5, it works much better, and the slow thing that I feel in
my iPhone 4, is imperceptible. Also, the last update, fixed the issue that I
had with the time, or it is that I am feeling so far. Also I have to say
that Ios 7 brought many new things, things that will be so helpful for us
using voice over, and every body who uses Ios 7.
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