Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by ComputerGuru on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:24PM
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There isn’t a separate “messages” from anything else, that’s an illusion Apple marketing encourages. iOS is a shared-tenancy, general-purpose operating system. A vulnerability in any of the core libraries can affect any of the apps (first party or otherwise) and a hostile or compromised application (first party or otherwise) can compromise the entirety of the device and its data.
Whether something is a Messages vulnerability or “something obscure” is just marketing spin.
Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by kall on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:51PM
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I think the important part is any person can force data onto your device via messages. If that is exploitable, it‘s a huge oroblem. That‘s why people care.
Whether something is a Messages vulnerability or “something obscure” is just marketing spin.