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> Should start-ups or FOSS monitor social media for security reports? Don't they define reporting processes of their own?

If they do have Twitter and other social media accounts for support then I think they should.

The story behind this particular report seems muddled quite a bit and the history of the report is quite weird. Maybe they wanted to have dibs on the report as Apple does not have a bounty program?



>The story behind this particular report seems muddled quite a bit and the history of the report is quite weird.

That's, pretty much, what I'm getting at. Everyone wants to jump on the "Apple's done a shit job with this" bandwagon, which - if you hate Apple - that's your perogative, but to go from reporting it, to a tweet, to full drop of the exploit publicly in less than a day from the actual tweet isn't going to end well for any company - no matter who it is.

>Maybe they wanted to have dibs on the report as Apple does not have a bounty program?

That's - ultimately - what I believe happened here.




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