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Why don't rapid security responses count? Surely they can brick a phone just by sending a "security update" if they wanted to.
Sure, but they said “silent updates” and I’m still waiting to hear how Apple can push an update without you knowing about it.
I don’t think they fall into this category because you can still block them.
Kinda, but i guess for me it puts silent update in the realm of possibility (updates can be installed without you noticing or consenting, only by blocking). ios administration is even more barebones.
Plus 2 years ago there was some shenanigans about macos sidestepping system-wide vpn settings to talk to apple servers, which they also fixed to be fair.
So for me its a questionmark whether its impossible
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/18/vpns-for-ios-are-broken-says-researcher/ is this the thing youre talking bout?
I meant this https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/14/macos-big-sur-11-2-beta-2-exclusion-list-gone/ , they've added an internal list of exceptions to vpn/firewalls, added their own apps to it, but then removed that list, fixing the issue.
So it is fixed, but very sus why would they add this exception list in the first place
ios vpn leaking without kill switch is just how it is 🤷