Why Apple Remove an Exist Function (PPTP) as Upgrading SO?

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Why Apple Remove an Exist Function (PPTP) as Upgrading SO?

The Protocol PPTP of VPN is just removed when you upgrade your iPhone OS to 10, just as simple as it is. Is that right for an existing function? My wife and I own a small IT company and we are supporting our clients with VPN PPTP by different i(Devices), but now one of them, iPhone of my wife just can't not connect our clients's VPN any more! And she can't down-grade to iOS 9!!! Just that simple, how can we explain to our clients? "For reason of Apple remove VPN PPTP from their new version iOS, we ask you (our clients) to change your VPN ASAP". Can we just make such request to our clients? If our clients say "goto Samsung with Android", should we do that?

Is that correct if we (including our clients) assume the risk by using VPN PPTP? Should we have a chance to choice if we want to use PPTP or not?

What Steve Job could say about this? What's the plan of Apple (without Job) about their customers in the near future?

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 10.0.1, VPN PPTP

Posted on Oct 10, 2016 11:50 AM

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Answer 1

KiltedTim

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Oct 10, 2016 12:39 PM in response to Quentin Xue

Asking the same question more than once is not going to change the answer.

PPTP is not secure. It is only marginally better than using no security at all.

If your 'clients' can't see fit to use a secure connection protocol that's actually "secure", then you shouldn't be risking your security by connecting to their systems.

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gdgmacguy

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Oct 10, 2016 12:34 PM in response to Quentin Xue

This is a technical support forum. Apple is not here.

It is prohibited by the Terms of Use to speculate why Apple does what it does.

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Quentin Xue Author

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Oct 10, 2016 1:02 PM in response to gdgmacguy

Sorry for that if I was "speculating" why Apple does or what it does.

But, by the same logic, I think that Apple iPhone should stop to use HTTP/HTTPS because lot of its customers are using gmail as Apple Id. Gmail and others are just not as secure as VPN-PPTP at all because it's a web-based mail system and it's open 100% for any one. If someone can crack a gmail account, he/she can reset my password and get into my Apple Id right?

Should Apple do that?

It's just an example like VPN-PPTP. I'm using gmail as my Apple Id and Apple still allow me to login.

The point is, as a final user of a product, he/she should have right to make a choice on an existing function. I believe this's a basic right. And thank you very much Apple to tell us the VPN-PPTP is not very secure.

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Quentin Xue Author

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Oct 10, 2016 1:07 PM in response to KiltedTim

Now I am understanding why Apple's sales is going slow. Thanks guys like you with lot of "levels" make the basic right of a customer worthless. Thanks.

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