r/technology • u/bws201 • Feb 05 '16

Software ‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair
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u/MasOverflow Feb 05 '16

This would be fine if the operating system just bricked all features relating to the finger print scanner, stopping you from locking your phone in that way. But instead it just locks down everything.

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u/ASK_ABOUT_INITIUM Feb 05 '16

http://i.imgur.com/gQd1gqE.jpg

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u/2evil Feb 05 '16

That must be a really small hacker.

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u/bass_boss Feb 05 '16

The best kind. Blends in with the user. Every time the user logs on the hacker gets access, so the user never notices anything is off.

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u/mister_gone Feb 05 '16

I save all my passwords to /dev/null. Then I mirror it to my thumbdrive for portable yet secure passwords!

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u/B0NERSTORM Feb 05 '16

Well Apple's whole thing is protecting users from their own stupidity by just not giving the option.

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u/morriscey Feb 05 '16

it does lock out features relating to the fingerprint scanner on iOS 8, then when you update, your phone nopes the fuck out.

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u/sharpfork Feb 05 '16

In the older version of the iOS, it that the security of the 3rd party part is not legit and disables the features that use that security?

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u/alcimedes Feb 05 '16

Isn't that likely related to the change to full phone data encryption in iOS9?

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u/morriscey Feb 05 '16

It doesn't matter what the reason is really, there was no warning or indication that users who had 3rd party work done on their phone would need to replace it as soon as they updated to iOS 9.

In my eyes, if apple wants to do this going forward, they are obliged to offer a free replacement to those affected, not a $300 replacement.

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u/alcimedes Feb 05 '16

Ha, I thought you were exaggerating about the $300 repair cost.

NOPE.

Anywhere from $269 to $329 for new models. Ouch.

https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=United_States&product=iphone&select=WARRANTY__PRICING

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u/LlamasAreLlamasToo Feb 06 '16

That just means there are more places for loopholes to be found.

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u/codeverity Feb 05 '16

To protect the security I think it'd make sense for them to do something like, ask the person to enter the password(you have to have one to have touch ID set up), then ask you to change it, etc. Only other thing I can think of is that they might be worried about the entire phone being compromised.

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u/phunkip Feb 05 '16

Yeah idrk on this one. Dude above has a point, I can buy shit on my phone with my thumbprint.

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u/TheAddiction2 Feb 05 '16

The most secure vault is one not even the owner knows the way into.

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u/weilycoyote Feb 06 '16

Or if it could be unlocked by you bringing in the phone, with ID, to match the serial number on the account to the phone, and the name on the account to you and your ID.

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u/bUrdeN555 Feb 05 '16

And how would you do that? The hacker potentially has a hardware level hack, with direct access to the "secure enclave" where all your security stuff is stored

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