Apple wins us judge dismisses iPhone and iPad security defect class action

Beijing time. 6 month 9 Morning news , As report goes , An American judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit on Wednesday local time , The lawsuit accuses apple of cheating customers , The reason is that the company sells iPhone and iPad Your processor is defective , Susceptible 2018 The impact of two network security vulnerabilities first disclosed in .

Edward, U.S. district judge, San Jose, California · Davila （Edward Davila）, The customer failed to prove that Apple deliberately concealed the defect , Security patches are then provided , This causes the equipment to run at a significantly slower speed , So they overpaid for the equipment ,

The lawsuit is at Apple and includes Alphabet Other companies, including Google, were founded in 2018 year 1 It was revealed that Meltdown and Spectre Raised after the defect , These flaws may allow hackers to enter computing devices and steal the contents of their memory .

Apple customers claim that , The Cupertino, Calif. - based company is 2017 year 6 I have known these defects since June , But it was not until the 《 The New York times 》 After reporting these defects , They just disclosed the problem .

However , Davila said , Customers have not shown that they were cheated by Apple's marketing lock , And the company about its products “ Security ” and “ Protect your privacy ” Is too general , Therefore, it is impossible to support the customer's proposition .

The judge also said , Apple claims that its newer processors are faster than older processors 、 Longer life , Just because Angie am The patch may have reduced performance , This is not false or misleading .

Davila wrote ：“ The plaintiff failed to prove Apple's affirmative misstatement 、 Actionable omissions and actual reliance on misstatements ”. The plaintiff's lawyer did not immediately respond to the request for comment . Davila said , They can try in 6 month 30 Make a new claim before the th .

Meltdown It only affects Intel chips , and Spectre It has affected almost all chips manufactured in the previous decade . When seeking to dismiss the action , Apple says , Similar lawsuits against other manufacturers have been dismissed , These include Intel and AMD.