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iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 Fix Over 30 Security Vulnerabilities

30 vulnerabilities in iOS 16 and everything before it? How many years has iOS been out? Over a decade?
It’s likely there’s hundreds more.
 
Biro said:
I wonder how many security vulnerabilities being fixed in 16.2 were created in 16. All but one Apple device in my household is still on 15.7.1. I’ll update them to 15.7.2, thank you very much.

The only exception is my wife’s new iPad Air, which forced me to accept 16.1.2 during set up. Neither of us cares about any of the new “features” in 16.2. and prefer to avoid the bugs that 16 brings.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Apple needs to provide the option of using an “iOS Light” on iPhone and iPad for those whose devices are tools and not toys.
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What bugs exactly? There is always someone complaining about bugs but they never state them…
 
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Realityck said:
I can attest that iPadOS 16.2RC has been running very well. Not seeing excessive battery usage at all. This release is the same build. Safari 16.2 when looking at the blu-ray.com deals URL is working as it should with many images that in the past failed to display when scrolling.
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Are you saying that you think there are no battery issues at all anymore? I haven’t kept up with it much, but I’ve seen so many bad battery reports after iOS 16 launched. I’m still on 15.7.
 
madrigal77 said:
It isn't but Tim Apple has no balls and caves instantly to pressure from the EU. Jobs would have told them to shove it.
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I would have loved to have seen Apple say, “Fine, we won’t sell here anymore then.” Probably half or more than half of those legislators use iPhones for their daily drivers.

I guarantee they would have caved pretty quickly when they or their families couldn’t buy the latest and greatest anymore.
 
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v0lume4 said:
I would have loved to have seen Apple say, “Fine, we won’t sell here anymore then.” Probably half or more than half of those legislators use iPhones for their daily drivers.

I guarantee they would have caved pretty quickly when they or their families couldn’t buy the latest and greatest anymore.
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What’s more… Apple would have had to do this only once.
 
Totally annoying! Busy time of the year. Apple forces the 16.2 update with the 30 vulnerabilities bait. Me, would rather wait until after the new year as I have a full plate. No room to troubleshoot, learn, fix, lose data for Apple software update. But no, so many vulnerabilities that are important to fix. Apple will then beat their chests, saying we love their software so much, we all update it. As if we have any choice. How about we just fix the vulnerabilities and then we talk about all the new stuff. Or maybe Apple get your act together and have the new, in many cases who cares, new stuff at the beginning of the major update. Then we patch. Or maybe pick a less time restricted time to completely destroy our lives. No, all about Apple. Just saying.
 
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DigitalAR said:
So this means that anyone with an iPhone that is not able to update to iOS 16 is exposed to all these vulnerabilities?

Crazy to think you gotta pay to play safely now.
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Clearly you didn't actually bother to read the article. iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2 patch the vulnerabilities for iOS 15 users.

So, if you have an iPhone 5S, in other words a phone released nearly 10 years ago, then you won't be covered by this update, but anyone with an iPhone 6 or newer will.
 
v0lume4 said:
I would have loved to have seen Apple say, “Fine, we won’t sell here anymore then.” Probably half or more than half of those legislators use iPhones for their daily drivers.

I guarantee they would have caved pretty quickly when they or their families couldn’t buy the latest and greatest anymore.
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Apple have as much to lose in that scenario, and they also know it's inevitably going to come under pressure from other jurisdictions as well, like the U.S.
 
whatgift said:
Apple have as much to lose in that scenario, and they also know it's inevitably going to come under pressure from other jurisdictions as well, like the U.S.
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But you still just want to see someone stick it to these governments, right? I certainly do. The backbone it would take to choose to die on a hill like that just to make a point. I’d love to see it.

Ultimately, the governments would cave and not let it happen because that would leave a monopoly for Google (not to mention they’d lose their shiny iToys).

Yeah it’d cause a ton of strife and money lost, and the shareholders would try and get Tim Cook outta there. But as I said, I’d love to see it. Play hardball. :)
 
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CarAnalogy said:
The only organizations that approach full security are military where everything is tightly controlled on threat of prison or death. And even then they have breaches.
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I imagine that NASA takes security quite seriously.
 
So is 15.7.2 only available for devices that don’t support iOS 16 at all? It wasn't showing up for me on my 13 mini on 15.7.1 and there aren't any IPSWs for newer devices for me to force it. There seem to be conflicting reports on whether or not this is the case. I just don't want to check again because if it's not there, I really don't want to have to restore my phone (again) to get rid of the 'update available' harassment notifications.
 
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LV426 said:
I imagine that NASA takes security quite seriously.
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Considering most astronauts were in the Air Force and that NASA is a government organization who can enforce security with threat of prison, yeah I bet they do.
 
Was about to post "what about iOS 15 users?", then decided maybe I should check if I've learned to read properly... 😆

Thanks Apple. Thapple.
 
v0lume4 said:
But you still just want to see someone stick it to these governments, right? I certainly do. The backbone it would take to choose to die on a hill like that just to make a point. I’d love to see it.

Ultimately, the governments would cave and not let it happen because that would leave a monopoly for Google (not to mention they’d lose their shiny iToys).

Yeah it’d cause a ton of strife and money lost, and the shareholders would try and get Tim Cook outta there. But as I said, I’d love to see it. Play hardball. :)
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AKA cutting off your nose to spite your face. 😆
 
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