The Mac Security Blog - "Apple stops selling Watch Series 3 — eight months after its last security update"
"One week ago, Apple finally stopped selling the Apple Watch Series 3 in its online stores. Recent buyers, however, are not getting any security updates.
The product’s continued availability was puzzling given that Apple revealed in early June that the Apple Watch Series 3 would not support watchOS 9. Following that revelation nine months ago, Apple continued promoting and selling new Series 3 units for three months. Then on September 7, Apple quietly discontinued selling new Series 3 units while adding the Series 8 to its online stores. But then, for six additional months, Apple continued to sell refurbished Series 3 units.
Apple has released precisely
zero security updates for the Series 3 since July 2022—the last watchOS 8 security update before watchOS 9’s release in September. On the surface, that might not seem too concerning. But taking a closer look, what Apple has done is a dangerous step backward for consumer safety.
Apple knowingly sold a product that is no longer getting security updates for eight straight months after its last update. Moreover, Apple has knowingly left it
vulnerable to at least two “actively exploited” (zero-day, in the wild) vulnerabilities for the past six months while continuing it sell it to customers.
Let that sink in for a moment."
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