You’ll recall that earlier this week a team of researchers discovered some serious vulnerabilities in iOS and OS X that could allow all sorts of really bad things to happen to users. Plus Apple appears to have done nothing after having six months to fix these issues. Well, Apple has popped up and said that fixes are on the way. In a statement provided to iMore, Apple confirmed that they knew about these vulnerabilities and then they said this:
“Earlier this week we implemented a server-side app security update that secures app data and blocks apps with sandbox configuration issues from the Mac App Store. We have additional fixes in progress and are working with the researchers to investigate the claims in their paper,”
That’s great, but the real question is this: Why does it take six months and bad press to get the ball rolling to get fixes into the hands of users? Apple, would you care to answer that question as I am sure users of their products would be interested in that answer, and how you as a company can be trusted to keep users safe.
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Apple Says Fixes On The Way For Recently Discovered Vulnerabilities
You’ll recall that earlier this week a team of researchers discovered some serious vulnerabilities in iOS and OS X that could allow all sorts of really bad things to happen to users. Plus Apple appears to have done nothing after having six months to fix these issues. Well, Apple has popped up and said that fixes are on the way. In a statement provided to iMore, Apple confirmed that they knew about these vulnerabilities and then they said this:
“Earlier this week we implemented a server-side app security update that secures app data and blocks apps with sandbox configuration issues from the Mac App Store. We have additional fixes in progress and are working with the researchers to investigate the claims in their paper,”
That’s great, but the real question is this: Why does it take six months and bad press to get the ball rolling to get fixes into the hands of users? Apple, would you care to answer that question as I am sure users of their products would be interested in that answer, and how you as a company can be trusted to keep users safe.
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