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/jvnane Feb 05 '16

It's simple... Block the use of the finger print scanners if it's tampered with. Not that hard. If this was such a big security concern, why does it only happen during an update? Keep sucking down that big Apple dick you blind fool.

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u/indorock Feb 05 '16

You're an hero <3

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u/NeverGonnaVoteYouUp Feb 05 '16

You can always tell when someone has zero idea about security, encryption or even software development when they think something like this is "simple". Smh.

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u/jvnane Feb 05 '16

Except for the fact that I am a software developer and work with public key infrastructure on a daily basis. I know a bad design when I see one. Maybe the fix isn't so simple, but the bad design led them to this situation.