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a transparent bug bounty system
The end result will be the same. You will call this a PR stunt.
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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
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…
Why kid? This is the way of the world.
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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What? As far as I understand, with his mom, he attempted to report it to the product-security email Apple tells you to do, they were brushed off and told to file radars, which they then did. And nothing happened. So, yes, he reported it responsibly and was ignored... traditionally, that's when security researchers say you move to reporting it via more public means...
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Huh? Group calls were not a new feature, and the teen's mother made several attempts to disclose it privately to Apple, including registering for a developer account and submitting a bug from there. I'm pretty sure that's as close as "responsible disclosure" as you can get.
This bug affected Group FaceTime, which was added in 12.1 (released in October)
Reported an iphone lock screen bug and received nothing. Thanks apple.
Lessons learned.
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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.