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Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

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Re: Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

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Why do you expect some random member of the public to obey an arbitrary rule from the infosec community that they don't even all agree on?

Oh I don't. I expect Apple to hold their bug reporters to those standards, though, so it's interesting to see that they are giving a "bounty" to this "irresponsible disclosure".

Re: Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

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Only in the land of philanthropy is such a headline a thing, or even a PR move. So instead of giving the guardian of said teenager 200k to do with as they/he/she pleases in the interest of the child, you set up a education funding scheme? But when the government does it, it's what?

> when the government does it, it's what?

Unremarkable and not newsworthy?

Re: Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

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post #30

Only in the land of philanthropy is such a headline a thing, or even a PR move. So instead of giving the guardian of said teenager 200k to do with as they/he/she pleases in the interest of the child, you set up a education funding scheme? But when the government does it, it's what?

Componism

Re: Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

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Why not just the cash? An apology but you have to spend it how Apple wants? What's up with that?

What if he buys a meth lab with it?

What if Apple buys a meth lab with it? You’ve just deployed a fully general argument against the existence of money.

Re: Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

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post #30

Only in the land of philanthropy is such a headline a thing, or even a PR move. So instead of giving the guardian of said teenager 200k to do with as they/he/she pleases in the interest of the child, you set up a education funding scheme? But when the government does it, it's what?

So instead of giving the guardian of said teenager 200k to do with as they/he/she pleases in the interest of the child

A lot of people are jackwagons and will spend the money on whatever they want instead of their child's education. This way Apple gets to make sure it goes to the child's future.

Source: Had to finance a big portion of college on MasterCard.

Re: Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

#39

Feels like the headline here should be related to bug itself, the amount of privacy it violated, and how long it took Apple to fix it! Clearly a good PR move for Apple.

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Do you know how difficult it is to get into a bounty program?

Re: Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

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post #30

Only in the land of philanthropy is such a headline a thing, or even a PR move. So instead of giving the guardian of said teenager 200k to do with as they/he/she pleases in the interest of the child, you set up a education funding scheme? But when the government does it, it's what?

> when the government does it, it's what? Unremarkable and not newsworthy?

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