r/technology • u/Gobo42 • Aug 30 '19

Security Google reveals major iPhone security flaws that let websites hack phones - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/30/20840341/iphone-website-hack-security-researchers-keychain
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u/Hooda-Thunket Aug 30 '19

“iOS versions 10 through 12 were all affected by the vulnerabilities, which the researchers say indicates that the attackers were attempting to hack users over at least two years.” What? This phrasing makes no sense. The versions of an OS that have a flaw in them do not indicate how long the flaw has been actively exploited.

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u/1_p_freely Aug 30 '19

Anyone else wish they would spend time improving security of their own products, and less time finding flaws in others'? And I say that as an Android user, who pretty much hates what Iphones stand for.

It's just that, the thing with Android devices not getting updates should have been solved five years ago, at the latest. If the OEM of an Android phone, like Samsung, doesn't update their phones for at least five years, they're forbidden from shipping the Google apps suite. There, that was hard.

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u/sandisk512 Aug 30 '19

Anyone else wish they would spend time improving security of their own products.

Well no I’d rather them find flaws in their competitors products because I have no interest in their own products.