Patching guidance for Apple devices – December 13, 2021

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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 As you can see by the release notes there are a LOT of security fixes in these releases iOS 15.2 security con
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Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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AKB2000014 Ongoing List of Apple Operating System Updates has been updated with links to Apple docs and several websites for the Dec 9-13, 2021 updates.

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I updated my iPhone XR and my Apple watch series 5 a couple of hours ago. Update was fast and no problems encountered.

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As mentioned in another thread (  AKB2000014  ), I updated today my Mac running Big Sur to 11.6.2, with all those security patches listed in Susan’s blog, and more.

Only difference worth noticing with how things function now compared now and before patching:

My two email clients (Apple Mail and Thunderbird) will no longer connect with the Sendgrid links to comments posted in AskWoody Forums I subscribe to.

 

Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).

MacBook Pro circa mid-2015, 15" display, with 16GB 1600 GHz DDR3 RAM, 1 TB SSD, a Haswell architecture Intel CPU with 4 Cores and 8 Threads model i7-4870HQ @ 2.50GHz.
Intel Iris Pro GPU with Built-in Bus, VRAM 1.5 GB, Display 2880 x 1800 Retina, 24-Bit color.
macOS Monterey; browsers: Waterfox "Current", Vivaldi and (now and then) Chrome; security apps. Intego AV

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Can you describe what you mean?  Do you get an error message?

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Are you recommending updating from 14.8.1 to 15 latest? Seems I lose somethings if so. Have you heard of issues?

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The normal “I lost my passwords to the site” that comes after major updates in the apps, but that’s normal.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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I am not suggesting updating from IOS 14.x and IPAD 14.x since those are both still receiving security updates.  The only reason you would want to go to IOS 15.x and IPAD 15.x is if you want new features.  There are “potential” CSAM issues with latest versions that have not yet been implemented but still for those like me who remain cautious I will stay with the older version of Apple Mobile Operating System for now.  Edward Snowden has mentioned as well as Gordon Kelly from Forbes.  Just do a search for CSAM and Apple and you will understand especially how foreign governments planned to misuse this technology to spy on people.

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rebop2020 wrote:

Are you recommending updating from 14.8.1 to 15 latest? Seems I lose somethings if so. Have you heard of issues?

I and running iOS and iPadOS 15.2 betas (and WatchOS 8.3) for weeks. 0 problems.

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This is in answer to a question Susan asked here #2406222 :

Susan, the links in the messages from AskWoody were dead, dead, dead as far as my getting anywhere by clicking on them both when I did that in Thunderbird and in Apple Mail,

Developing situation:

A while ago I tried again with a message in Mail and, lo and behold, the link worked and I ended up in a page started by Alex with a comment early today.

I have not been able to see if things are back to normal with TB, because I deleted all the messages with non-functioning links. Tomorrow I expect there will be more of those messages with links to comments here, so then I’ll try these and we’ll see what happens.

Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).

MacBook Pro circa mid-2015, 15" display, with 16GB 1600 GHz DDR3 RAM, 1 TB SSD, a Haswell architecture Intel CPU with 4 Cores and 8 Threads model i7-4870HQ @ 2.50GHz.
Intel Iris Pro GPU with Built-in Bus, VRAM 1.5 GB, Display 2880 x 1800 Retina, 24-Bit color.
macOS Monterey; browsers: Waterfox "Current", Vivaldi and (now and then) Chrome; security apps. Intego AV

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iOS 15.2 Features: Everything New in iOS 15.2

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anonymous wrote:

The only reason you would want to go to IOS 15.x and IPAD 15.x is if you want

security updates.

There are no “potential” CSAM issues in 15.2 and NO, foreign governments are not planning to misuse this technology to spy on people.

CSAM is running for years on every cloud service including Apple, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Facebook… and no government had misuse this technology to spy on people.

This is just FUD.

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I respect your reply, Alex.  Why would Matthew Green who teaches cryptography at John Hopkin’s University lie to everyone?

 

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anonymous wrote:

Why would Matthew Green who teaches cryptography at John Hopkin’s University lie to everyone?

I have no idea but it is far from reality.

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