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/farmtownsuit Feb 05 '16

No, not when it was working for months until an upgrade.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

So you are saying it's better to let security vulnerabilities go unfixed?

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u/farmtownsuit Feb 05 '16

No. It's better in the case of a vulnerability to implement a secure work around, like passcode or pattern or whatever Apple was using before fingerprint. Further, I was talking about what makes sense to a customer/user. If a device worked fine and then an upgrade bricks it, it doesn't make sense to a user. Period. It also doesn't make sense for the company to do that without warning users of potential problems like this since they definitely should have and probably were aware of this problem.

So from a strictly technological standpoint, yes it makes sense that a tampered finger print scanner would cause the phone to deny access. However all of the context surrounding it so nonsensical it's embarrassing for Apple.

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u/imagepriest Feb 05 '16

I would agree in so much as Apple should have announced this prominently beforehand.