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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 duxup »

Someone1234 wrote: post #23
duxup wrote: post #13

Nice. Still should have responded to them faster. Someone at Apple just dropped the ball when they got the report.

I don't think it is any specific "someone." I think Apple's policies/procedures itself are more at fault. The fact that there's no way clear route to submitting security issues if you aren't a registered developer is problematic.

Oh man that's terrible.

I've worked with folks who field security reports full time... you gotta have someone who can work with people and respond. It helps buy time while you fix things... / good PR.

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

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Post by sjjshvuiajhz »

davesque wrote: post #50
mav3rick wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The end result will be the same. You will call this a PR stunt.

Perhaps. Although couldn't that just be because we're all so used to corporations having no real accountability and only occasionally deciding to make symbolic gestures as penance for their mistakes? You're probably right that, to many of us, they can't really do anything to make up for this. But that's not our problem. It's theirs.

I figure it’s the problem of whoever is feeling bad about it.

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

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Post by mav3rick »

davesque wrote: post #50
mav3rick wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The end result will be the same. You will call this a PR stunt.

Perhaps. Although couldn't that just be because we're all so used to corporations having no real accountability and only occasionally deciding to make symbolic gestures as penance for their mistakes? You're probably right that, to many of us, they can't really do anything to make up for this. But that's not our problem. It's theirs.

This is a very easy problem. If you feel this strongly stop buying their products. If you don't do that clearly you don't feel strongly enough. Blaming them when they do the right thing is just going to discourage them to do so in the future

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

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Post by setquk »

Eliezer wrote: post #37
setquk wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I think I should use /s in here in future.

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

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Post by ppeetteerr »

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 they didn't. Good on them for doing this.

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

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Post by thisisweirdok »

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.

As far as companies go, Apple has enough money to basically be a deity. I think more of it should be in the hands of their employees and the American taxpayer.

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

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Post by itissid »

thisisweirdok wrote: post #56
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.

As far as companies go, Apple has enough money to basically be a deity. I think more of it should be in the hands of their employees and the American taxpayer.

It's true, their cash on hand tops the GDP of many countries.

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

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Post by thisisweirdok »

Someone1234 wrote: post #23
duxup wrote: post #13

Nice. Still should have responded to them faster. Someone at Apple just dropped the ball when they got the report.

I don't think it is any specific "someone." I think Apple's policies/procedures itself are more at fault. The fact that there's no way clear route to submitting security issues if you aren't a registered developer is problematic.

Seriously. They'd get a ton of bad reports like everyone with a bug bounty program, but Apple isn't exactly running lean on resources.

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

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Post by drewmol »

bairrd wrote: post #40
mac01021 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

[flagged]

Politely:

That type of argument is unlikely to be made by users on this forum, so a sarcastic rhetorical response posted here only serves to create unwanted noise in this thread.

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

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Post by briandear »

itissid wrote: post #57
thisisweirdok wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as companies go, Apple has enough money to basically be a deity. I think more of it should be in the hands of their employees and the American taxpayer.

It's true, their cash on hand tops the GDP of many countries.

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