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by smcin 645 days ago
Ok but not a company as reputable as Apple, yes?

Apple historically used to have a deservedly good reputation for this. I was quite shocked at this story.
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sho 643 days ago
> not a company as reputable as Apple, yes?

Definitely not, in fact rather the opposite. I was just sharing the anecdote as a counter to the otherwise fairly blanket claims being made upstream.

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rfoo 643 days ago
> Apple historically used to have a deservedly good reputation for this.

Are they? Apple only started their bug bounty program (with monetary rewards) merely 5 years ago, 12 years after first iOS release and well after everyone else. They are not very transparent about bugs and payouts (which is understandable) so I wonder where this good reputation comes from?

(if you count their invitation-only program then it started in 2016, 8 years ago)

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