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Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...)

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...)
Date 2015-03-06 17:46 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <060320151746493585%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <XnsA455DCBF57888VeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1> <060320151657114880%nospam@nospam.invalid> <ivSdnfyteZgyumfJnZ2dnUU7-cednZ2d@giganews.com> <060320151721453291%nospam@nospam.invalid> <GrydnakUmuHbt2fJnZ2dnUU7-QWdnZ2d@giganews.com>

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In article <GrydnakUmuHbt2fJnZ2dnUU7-QWdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
<alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> >>>> Well, I was talking about Google and its pet Android, but just how long
> >>>> DOES Apple keep providing updates to its phones?
> >>>
> >>> typically 3 years. the iphone 4 shipped with ios 4 and can be updated
> >>> to ios 7. the iphone 4s shipped with ios 5 and can be updated to ios 8.
> >>
> >> Are Apple likely to go further back for a security update?
> >
> > unlikely, since they would need to release a whole new release.
> >
> > people generally upgrade their phones every 2-3 years, so dropping
> > support at 3 years is not a big deal. there aren't enough people still
> > using those older phones to justify doing it.
> 
> I kept my iPhone 4 for over 4 years (tried for 5).

apple isn't going to release an update just for you.

apple knows how many are still in use. 

> My target for the iPhone 6 is also 5 years.  As it has a larger display 
> and runs wicked fast, I should get there.  Also bought it at the 
> beginning of its cycle (unlike the 4 that I bought near the end).

good luck on that.

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Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-05 11:28 -0500
  Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2015-03-05 16:37 +0000
    Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-05 09:39 -0800
      Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-05 13:07 -0500
        Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-05 10:52 -0800
      Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-05 11:44 -0700
        Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-06 02:05 +0000
      Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2015-03-06 21:41 +0000
        Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-06 16:57 -0500
          Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-06 17:18 -0500
            Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-06 17:21 -0500
              Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-06 17:29 -0500
                Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-06 17:46 -0500
              Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2015-03-07 15:23 +0000
            Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-07 12:08 +1300
              Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-06 18:11 -0500
            Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-06 17:51 -0800
          Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-03-06 20:14 -0800
        Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-06 23:14 +0000
          Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-06 18:20 -0500
        Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-06 17:37 -0700
  Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-03-05 12:22 -0500
  Re: Old crypto weakness in current OS X, iOS, (and Android ...) billy@MIX.COM - 2015-03-05 19:31 +0000

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