Wow. So much for testing. They had 3 phones to test this patch for and they failed. This is why people should have more respect for companies like Nokia and HTC. When they test, they have to test a LOT. awaiting for a press conference where Jobs shows us the impressive room for testing full with PhD testers.
@Kineas To be clear, Apple succeeded at their patch. They tested their code for a week, and they nailed it. However, they consider the original generation of iPhones and iPod Touches, devices which many users are still using (as they are only a few years old: typically support for such systems is five or ten years, not two or three), to not be worthy of this security fix, so the millions of users of those devices are simply going to get converted into a giant botnet soon. :(
@saurik i got that, the problem is if this bug exists over several versions of iOS or however it's called then probably the code is not different. So a patch could have been created for the 3rd version also. Probably with little hassle.The botnets wouldn't be that dangerous, they would be on under-clocked processors running on 2g network speeds. No threat in the modern world. Maybe just some password steals, but that's all that will happen to them.
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Wow. So much for testing. They had 3 phones to test this patch for and they failed. This is why people should have more respect for companies like Nokia and HTC. When they test, they have to test a LOT. awaiting for a press conference where Jobs shows us the impressive room for testing full with PhD testers.
@Kineas To be clear, Apple succeeded at their patch. They tested their code for a week, and they nailed it. However, they consider the original generation of iPhones and iPod Touches, devices which many users are still using (as they are only a few years old: typically support for such systems is five or ten years, not two or three), to not be worthy of this security fix, so the millions of users of those devices are simply going to get converted into a giant botnet soon. :(
@saurik i got that, the problem is if this bug exists over several versions of iOS or however it's called then probably the code is not different. So a patch could have been created for the 3rd version also. Probably with little hassle.The botnets wouldn't be that dangerous, they would be on under-clocked processors running on 2g network speeds. No threat in the modern world. Maybe just some password steals, but that's all that will happen to them.