SECURITY: Apple iOS 13 Leaves Millions Of iPhones At Risk

Apple recently released iOS 13 along the new set of iPhones earlier last month and it might not all be good news for Apple’s 1 billion plus iPhone users. iOS 13, unlike iOS 12 -which was particularly good in supporting older hardware- dropped support for older iPhones, this means for any iPhone older than the iPhone 6s, the new update will not work.

Any past generation device with 1GB of RAM will no longer be supported and will not receive the iOS 13 update. This means that iOS 13 will only be compatible with the following devices:

• • iPhone XS
  • iPhone XS Max
  • iPhone XR
  • iPhone X
  • iPhone 8
  • iPhone 8 Plus
  • iPhone 7
  • iPhone 7 Plus
  • iPhone 6s
  • iPhone 6s Plus
  • iPhone SE
  • iPod touch (7th generation)

Apple which reportedly shipped around 200 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units, for example. And all of those phones will be dumped into OS-limbo with this release. With waves of technology attacks getting better each day and with the iPhones having a bounty on their head, iPhone users will be left vulnerable to attacks with this drop unless they upgrade.

Apple claim the reason for the obsolescence is performance improvements drive that required better hardware.

iOS 13 not safe

iOS 13 may also not be the safest yet, Picked up by Engadget, Apple has published a support document called ‘Get ready for the new Reminders app’ which warns every user who has upgraded their iPhone to iOS 13 that they risk data loss across their devices if they use the app right now.