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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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Post by pfg »

CGamesPlay wrote: post #31
murderfs wrote: post #27

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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".

How was the disclosure irresponsible? AIUI, multiple attempts were made to report the bug. It went viral a couple of days later on social media. I'm not aware of a link between those two events.

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

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Post by mises »

elif wrote: post #45
mav3rick wrote: post #42

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What would work for you high standards ? If they do something it's Corporate BS. If they don't then they are same old Corp machine couldn't care less.

a transparent bug bounty system

The teen and mother in question were not too technically savvy. Would they have been able to meet the usual requirements of a bug bounty filing?

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

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Post by mises »

gboudrias wrote: post #63
briandear wrote: post #60

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They also pay more in taxes than the GDP of many countries.

Do they? I thought they were notorious for not paying taxes?

Like most rational actors, they try to minimize the tax they pay. However, even a little tax on a trillion-dollar company adds up to a lot. They still pay quite a bit.

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

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Post by MBCook »

mises wrote: post #72
elif wrote: post #45

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a transparent bug bounty system

The teen and mother in question were not too technically savvy. Would they have been able to meet the usual requirements of a bug bounty filing?

The mother was a lawyer who went as far as signing up for a developer account and filing a radar. They could (and did) jump through hoops to try to report it.

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

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Post by tkxxx7 »

eiji wrote: 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?

They also paid some (undisclosed) amount of cash to the family.

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

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Post by aeriklawson »

davesque wrote: post #41

You know, I'm happy on some level for that individual. It seems like a great stroke of fortune. On another level, it bothers me that there are such large institutions that can arbitrarily "bless" random people like a deity or something. I also can't help but look at this cynically as a largely self-interested PR grab by Apple that is not a real sacrifice on their part.

I mean they don't have to do anything at all so I don't view it as cynical. You can't help everyone in the world.

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

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Post by pixelbeat__ »

ppeetteerr wrote: post #55
davesque wrote: post #41

You know, I'm happy on some level for that individual. It seems like a great stroke of fortune. On another level, it bothers me that there are such large institutions that can arbitrarily "bless" random people like a deity or something. I also can't help but look at this cynically as a largely self-interested PR grab by Apple that is not a real sacrifice on their part.

> it bothers me that there are such large institutions that can arbitrarily "bless" random people like a deity or something. Do you mean like how some people are born into rich families and some into poor families? (I kid :)) > I also can't help but look at this cynically as a largely self-interested PR grab by Apple that is not a real sacrifice on their part. It may be but so what? They could have done nothing, but…

iKid

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Post by zavi »

nerdponx wrote: post #64
ppeetteerr wrote: post #55

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> it bothers me that there are such large institutions that can arbitrarily "bless" random people like a deity or something. Do you mean like how some people are born into rich families and some into poor families? (I kid :)) > I also can't help but look at this cynically as a largely self-interested PR grab by Apple that is not a real sacrifice on their part. It may be but so what? They could have done nothing, but…

Do you mean like how some people are born into rich families and some into poor families? (I kid :)) Why kid? This is the way of the world.

Most people on US Forbes top 500 came from poverty and / or other disadvantage.

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

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Post by jsmeaton »

zavi wrote: post #79
nerdponx wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean like how some people are born into rich families and some into poor families? (I kid :)) Why kid? This is the way of the world.

Most people on US Forbes top 500 came from poverty and / or other disadvantage.

I find this hard to believe. Do you have a source?
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