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Apple's iOS 26.5 Update Patches More Than 50 Security Flaws
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urnotl33t
macrumors 6502a
that’s my iPhone SE sandwich board you’re wearing, too. 😄
I’ve been banging that board and ringing that bell for 10 years now. It’s a tiny bell tho, but some do hear it occasionally. Tim Cook doesn’t, tho. Not in his high castle surrounded by his Confirmation Bias Crew.
Dunno if John Ternus will. Being a hardware guy, he might.
Hands down the worst keyboard on any mobile device. Inaccurate touches, terrible prediction, and auto correct that’s so bad all you can do is laugh. A core function of a mobile device and one of the wealthiest companies on the planet cannot get it right.
B4U
macrumors 601
Sponsored recommendations are ads, plain and simple.
Meanwhile, you just pointed out exactly why companies continue the ensh!tification of stuffs, because people such as yourself gave in to their extortion. (I highlighted what you posted in red fonts.)
And how are these ads not hurting me by existing? That degradation of the experience alone is already hurting us as end users. And please, by all means, find a consumer who wanted ads.
On the other hand, just because Google does it already does not make it right for Apple to also do it. That is a perfect example of what-about-ism. Because Johnny next door was beating an animal, so it is okay for me to do that too. Is that right?
Even you said you stopped using Google Maps for this exact reason, I did not put those words in your mouth.
You are simply moving the goal post to wherever it fits your narrative.
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racerhomie
macrumors 6502a
I believe it’s costing them less money and resources to find new security issues nowI am not so sure. 18.4 had 50+ security updates too. 18.5 had 30+. Maybe it is just at this time of year they are done playing with actual OS features and optimizations and get around to prioritizing security. If that is an annual trend, it seems fall/early winter is the best time to get away with some exploits. Not a lot of security patches in the x.1-x.3 releases typically. Other fish to fry.
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racerhomie
macrumors 6502a
Project Glasswing is using the Mythos frontier model. Mythos is most likely being used
But these security flaws are not important enough or the customers are not important enough to release the fixes to those that choose not the upgrade. There is no additional work, just Apple treating their customers poorly.
Great to hear about this and will be updating all my devices soon.
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jerryjohnson
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H00513R
macrumors 6502a
DigitriX
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npmacuser5
macrumors 68020
In essence, the more code a system contains, the greater the likelihood of encountering bugs and vulnerabilities. A prudent approach is to cease the addition of software that inherently seeks to identify and resolve issues. For instance, consider the Liquid Glass example. Instead, prioritize the development of software that seamlessly disables and removes features that are not essential to the user’s needs.
iPhones potentially capable of running iOS 26.5 will not receive any 18.7.X updates anymore. Apple wants to force them to shift to iOS 26
eveluvsrainbows
macrumors 6502a
respectfully, you misread what i wrote. i stopped using google maps and most other google products because of their data collection practices and the way they treat user data. it had nothing to do with the maps ads in specific as i don’t care about text-based ads or sponsored recommendations, as long as they can be ignored and aren’t in your face. the youtube premium comment was specifically to do with audiovisual ads as those are the ads i can’t stand which is why i spent money on premium, to avoid them.
Just because my iPhone SE2 can potentially run iOS 26 doesn't mean that I want to install it.
I think Apple needs to release iOS 18.7.9 for all compatible devices because newer major versions of operating systems are usually too much for older devices to handle. The CPU, GPU and/or RAM is sometimes borderline the minimum requirements of the new OS and it ends up making our devices slower than they were before.
That over-engineered "glass UI" is proof that they're not directing software engineering in the right direction. If they wanted to go back to an Aqua-style UI, fine. But it worked perfectly on devices a decade ago without the need for GPU acceleration.
I'm also not talking about Apple taking one-sided decisions in secret, like slowing down a CPU because of an older battery in order to "help the user" by trying to make the battery last a few more minutes or hours. They should have released that and set it as the default option but it should have been a user setting to let technical people take their own decision.
Apart from sending them feedback, what can we do? In my opinion Apple are still the less evil choice between them, Google and Microsoft. But Apple also needs to keep in mind that other options exists too. We can potentially drop Apple from our lives, too.
And last, forcing people to upgrade to iOS 26 just to show "how popular iOS 26 is" in their next keynote is completely disingenuous and is exactly the kind of tactics I expect from Google and Microsoft, not from Apple.
I think Apple needs to release iOS 18.7.9 for all compatible devices because newer major versions of operating systems are usually too much for older devices to handle. The CPU, GPU and/or RAM is sometimes borderline the minimum requirements of the new OS and it ends up making our devices slower than they were before.
That over-engineered "glass UI" is proof that they're not directing software engineering in the right direction. If they wanted to go back to an Aqua-style UI, fine. But it worked perfectly on devices a decade ago without the need for GPU acceleration.
I'm also not talking about Apple taking one-sided decisions in secret, like slowing down a CPU because of an older battery in order to "help the user" by trying to make the battery last a few more minutes or hours. They should have released that and set it as the default option but it should have been a user setting to let technical people take their own decision.
Apart from sending them feedback, what can we do? In my opinion Apple are still the less evil choice between them, Google and Microsoft. But Apple also needs to keep in mind that other options exists too. We can potentially drop Apple from our lives, too.
And last, forcing people to upgrade to iOS 26 just to show "how popular iOS 26 is" in their next keynote is completely disingenuous and is exactly the kind of tactics I expect from Google and Microsoft, not from Apple.
Non-Euclidean
macrumors 6502a
66% done at home
1 iPad
2 iPhones
M5 MBP.
I will do the M4 Studio on Sonoma and the last iPhone today.
1 iPad
2 iPhones
M5 MBP.
I will do the M4 Studio on Sonoma and the last iPhone today.
B4U
macrumors 601
Sponsored recommendation, A.K.A. ads, are right in your face.
I mean, if you are going to look the other way and pretend they are not like that, I am at a lost of words for you.
Tagbert
macrumors 604
Many image formats are complex to accommodate expected features. They allow multiple included components, not all of which are just raster images. PDFs are a whole programming language. There is a lot of surface area for attack there.
B4U
macrumors 601
You do not notice them while they are right in front of you covering about 25% of the screen?
You may need to have visit your doctor to check your vision, mate. 🧐
B4U
macrumors 601
By the way, thanks for taking a bullet for the rest of us to see how bad that is.
On the other hand, I am unable to unsee such junk right in front of my face due to trainings over the years with my vision. So, yeah, I am not going to get the downgrade.
eveluvsrainbows
macrumors 6502a
Tagbert’s screenshot does not include the sponsored recommendations. The ones they showed are recommendations generated from one’s location history; an actual sponsored recommendation would show “Ad” in a rounded box with blue in it, like the App Store shows in the search results (which is the entire reason i am so confused by this, we already have ads in the app store and they are pretty visually out of the way, its no different from having sponsored recs in maps)
No, they are not right in my face. I can scroll past them and ignore them, and they might actually be useful. What I cannot ignore are unskippable audiovisual ads.
these aren’t ads. they’re just unsponsored place suggestions generated from your location history, the actual ads won’t be deployed until sometime in the summer.
B4U
macrumors 601
You sure can scroll past them.
But that is just tolerating a bad behavior, which I would not put up with.