The other reason why this is no big deal (anymore) is that the Snowden leaks have shown that the NSA has total control over all iPhones.
Why should we even bother talking about bugs like this anymore? Pure distraction.
Why should we even bother talking about bugs like this anymore? Pure distraction.
You mean: had total control over all the original iPhones that they could get physical access to. (back when jailbreaking was extremely simple and common)
One of the sources: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/12/30/the-nsa-repo...
Basically how it worked was they jailbroke your iPhone and installed spyware on it. Is it quite likely that today, 7 years later, they have a remote 0day to do the same? Absolutely. But there's no proof that "the NSA has total control over all iPhones".