iOS 13.4 causes many serious errors on iPhone

Data encryption error

Discovered by the VPN Proton service, iOS 13.4 has a security hole that makes your data unprotected when using VPN on iPhone. Proton explains that iOS 13.4 cannot close existing unsecured connections when your VPN is started, and some non-secure connections will remain open for a few minutes to a few hours outside the VPN. .

This is a serious problem for any iPhone user who uses a VPN to protect sensitive data. And most worrisome, Proton explained that it discovered the bug on iOS 13.3.1 and notified Apple, but it didn't offer any patches, despite iOS 13.4 being released for nearly two months. later.

" Neither Proton VPN nor any other VPN service can offer a solution to this problem because iOS does not allow a VPN application to destroy existing network connections, " Proton explained. The company recommends that you start your VPN, then turn airplane mode on and off to cancel connections outside of the VPN you are using, but this only works when you use Apple's Always-on VPN feature. because it requires device management functionality that no third party VPN has.

A buggy update from Apple

Mobile data, calendar reminders, navigation, and keyboard issues

In addition to security vulnerabilities, iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4 also have many other problems, including making third-party keyboards useless on iPad, causing instability of Bluetooth connectivity, and related strange errors. shortcut, and mobile network loss for dual SIM users.

And yet, there are many errors related to Control Center, virtual keyboard, Assistive Touch, opening and updating applications . This list also includes a few issues related to mobile data and hotspots that Apple has discovered but not fixable on iOS 13.

If you think that is too much, read on.

Users of iOS 13.4 previously had an iPhone search error: the plus sign (+) in the keyword was automatically deleted. While this error is not as serious as most of the aforementioned errors, it can lead to too many systems, from annoying (for example, you search for "Disney +" but the results only return "Disney") to cause you to lose Unreasonable money (for example, you find the price of the Galaxy S20 +, but the price of the Galaxy S20, which is lower, makes you more likely to buy the wrong phone). Ironically, this error causes iPhone users who are interested in Apple's new Apple TV + service to not find what they want, but instead see search results related to the Apple TV set top box. The 9to5Mac news site indicated that MacOS 10.15.4 also encountered this error. I wonder what Apple is doing to make this silly bug "cross-spread" from platform to platform like that? It is known that Apple now confirmed to fix this error from the server, you can try searching to see if the device still has errors.

Need control for Apple's AR / VR headset?

Finally, there was a small revelation: looking at the leaked iOS 14 source code, MacRumors discovered an image of a joystick for an AR / VR headset. This device is designed in accordance with Apple's minimalist criteria: a cylindrical tube with a matte black appearance and only one button. This finding coincides with a previous discovery by MacRumors: there is a new AR app on iOS 14, codenamed Gobi, which is believed to be undergoing internal testing by Apple. It is quite strange that the company also set up an AR bowling game, which can only be activated at an intersection near the Apple office called "Mathilda 3" located at 555 N Mathilda Ave in Sunnyvale, California - this is probably is one of the places that Apple is using to develop AR / VR headsets.

Bowling AR / VR games can only be activated at a certain Apple location

It's still a lot of mystery, but one thing is for sure: after launching the advanced LiDAR sensor on the new iPad Pro, Apple will push AR / VR in 2020, and iPhone 12 will be the next device with Interesting AR / VR features.

Reference: Forbes