Apple confirms ‘NEARLY ALL DEVICES’ are affected by security flaw as stark

[Sizzily 14,571]

Spectre? James Bond is shook.

[Gabe 2,587]

Lovely! Just got my new MacBook Pro for Christmas haha

Oh well, I'm all into the ecosystem and there's no turning back. I'll just wait for the eventual patch.

[RAMROD 117,040]

2 minutes ago, THEORACLE64 said:

It's not just Apple though - it's practically EVERYTHING. Apple are just confirming they've been affected.

 

sksksks just pulling legs

[Benji 20,113]

6 minutes ago, Infinity Wave said:

Can I ask you something? Since I have an iPad and a macbook (not the last ones, though) what do you mean by battery issue? I was about to update my iPad at the latest version of iOs and my MacBook at MacOs High Sierra... do you know if by updating my devices I'll suffer from some kind of battery issue? Like drammatically low battery life or smth like that... 

Thanks so much in advance

It came to light that updates for older apple products negatively effect performance.  Most companies carefully create updates to not impact performance or battery life but Apple have admitted purposely causing older devices to slow down.  They're blaming their batteries and are offering cheaper (not free) battery changes but the real issue is their ethos about older products.

My advice is to never update your apple device further than the ios number that came with your device.  If you were on 10, don't go further than 10.3 for example.

My iPhone 7 is running on ios 11 and the battery has taken a hit and so has it's general performance.  Luckily I got a battery case which makes the battery issue less apparent but the performance is definitely lacking still.  I got an SE on 10.3 and have no plans to update it any further.

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14 minutes ago, Benji said:

My advice is to never update your apple device further than the ios number that came with your device.  If you were on 10, don't go further than 10.3 for example.

Do not do that.

Security updates ALONE are the only reason to update to the highest available system.

If your systems runs unperceptible slower than before (which is normal since new features take some CPU time), a secure device should ALWAYS your #1 priority.

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Me and my crusty old Samsung Note 4 remain unbothered 

[RAMROD 117,040]

6 minutes ago, RainbowBlonde said:

Me and my crusty old Samsung Note 4 remains unbothered 

Sle

[27monster27 15,859]

My Samsung S7 and I are ok then I guess.

[Ricardo 8,132]

14 minutes ago, RainbowBlonde said:

Me and my crusty old Samsung Note 4 remains unbothered 

 

3 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

My Samsung S7 and I are ok then I guess.

all android and ios smartphones are affected, so are windows, linux and macos 

[27monster27 15,859]

19 hours ago, Ricardo said:

 

all android and ios smartphones are affected, so are windows, linux and macos 

Receipts?

[JGD 12,098]

55 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

Receipts?

The OP literally says all modern processors and computing devices are affected  

[LetsGetHigh 52,683]

22 hours ago, LePetitMonstr said:

I JUST baught the 7 PLUS and a macbook pro

What's your reasoning to buying a Mac? I know you're a CS student and I'm doing a similar thing and always questioned getting a laptop running Windows OS vs getting a MBP.

[LetsGetHigh 52,683]

11 minutes ago, JGD said:

The OP literally says all modern processors and computing devices are affected  

Intel doesn't make phone chips as far I know though. Samsung does their own chips and processors I think. I may be wrong. 

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

Just now, LetsGetHigh said:

What's your reasoning to buying a Mac? I know you're a CS student and I'm doing a similar thing and always questioned getting a laptop running Windows OS vs getting a MBP.

Literally EVERYONE in my department uses Mac, so it pushed me to buy one. Plus programming C and C++ using Mac's terminal window is so much easier. I was just tired of windows tbh 

As far as changing to an iPhone, my Samsung S6 was becoming too slow. But now I know that Apple does the same thing, so I'm screwed. 

[LetsGetHigh 52,683]

1 minute ago, LePetitMonstr said:

Literally EVERYONE in my department uses Mac, so it pushed me to buy one. Plus programming C and C++ using Mac's terminal window is so much easier. I was just tired of windows tbh 

As far as changing to an iPhone, my Samsung S6 was becoming too slow. But now I know that Apple does the same thing, so I'm screwed. 

Interesting, all my classmates here use Windows lmao. I do wanna get a MBP when I can cause it's definitely better in the long run.