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Are older iOS and iPadOS devices still safe to use?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacDefender" data-source="post: 885556" data-attributes="member: 83059"><p>"Can", yes, but where is the "will" in this context of 32-bit iPads that run iOS 12.x? I've kept on top of most of the circulating Mac and iOS malware and to date there's been very little to write home about on the iOS side. Even with old and vulnerable devices, there are very very few examples of circulating malware for such devices. I 100% agree that with published vulnerabilities it is possible to to do so, but it doesn't seem like it is a prevalent attack vector. </p><p></p><p>If someone wants to keep a vintage iPad around for casual web browsing I'm not seeing enough reason so far to say that is ill-advised. Sure one day in the future when those things become insta-infected by malvertising and start stealing data or being part of botnets I'll sound the alarm, but right now that doesn't seem like the case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacDefender, post: 885556, member: 83059"] "Can", yes, but where is the "will" in this context of 32-bit iPads that run iOS 12.x? I've kept on top of most of the circulating Mac and iOS malware and to date there's been very little to write home about on the iOS side. Even with old and vulnerable devices, there are very very few examples of circulating malware for such devices. I 100% agree that with published vulnerabilities it is possible to to do so, but it doesn't seem like it is a prevalent attack vector. If someone wants to keep a vintage iPad around for casual web browsing I'm not seeing enough reason so far to say that is ill-advised. Sure one day in the future when those things become insta-infected by malvertising and start stealing data or being part of botnets I'll sound the alarm, but right now that doesn't seem like the case. [/QUOTE]
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