Iphone 8 security

Will iPhone 8 be secure if it can’t get iOS 17 updates?

iPhone 8, iOS 16

Posted on Oct 17, 2023 9:26 AM

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Posted on Oct 18, 2023 8:42 AM

Hi Bpreg,


Even though the iPhone 8 can't upgrade to iOS 17, there can still be security updates as on October 18th, iOS 16 had a recent update to iOS 16.7.1 as seen in Apple security releases.


For more information on security, check out this Apple Platform Security guide. Click on Table of Contents to locate resources on this topic. From this guide, two you can get started with are:


Take care.

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Oct 18, 2023 8:42 AM in response to Bpreg

Hi Bpreg,


Even though the iPhone 8 can't upgrade to iOS 17, there can still be security updates as on October 18th, iOS 16 had a recent update to iOS 16.7.1 as seen in Apple security releases.


For more information on security, check out this Apple Platform Security guide. Click on Table of Contents to locate resources on this topic. From this guide, two you can get started with are:


Take care.

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