iPhone OS 3.0 includes 45 fixes and Patches

The new iPhone OS has made its way to many a happy iPhone user. This is a good thing as it means that iPhone users can now finally join the ranks of other smart phone owners with such exciting features as Copy and Paste, Tethering and Voice control.

But with these come some interesting extras. Apparently hidden in the new update are 45 patches that cover vulnerabilities in the old iPhone OS. This would seem to fly in the face of Apple’s normal stance of “our hardware and software is completely secure”.

Do not get me wrong, I think the inclusion of fixes and security patches is great and Apple is doing the right thing by making sure they get out to iPhone owners. I just wish they would knock off the BS that OS X and iPhone OS are more secure than other operating systems out.

Most users would not notice them because they were issued as part of the iPhone 3.0 operating system.

While the tame Mac press rushed to praise Apple for its “stellar security” reputation it had to admit that 45 is a large number when it comes to counting patches.

If it were Microsoft releasing this many the Mac Fanbois would be dribbling with bile by now. Linux fanbois would just laugh at them both, of course.