iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable to Report to Apple

Re:iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable to Report to Apple by agjacobson on Monday July 10, 2017 @01:23AM (#14733571)

1. Sell bug on the open market for whatever price the market will bear. Advantage: paid concomitant to your talents. 2. Wait n days. n could be zero. Don't have a theory for n. 3. Slip the bug to Apple anonymously.

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Re:iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable to Report to Apple by RoboTeddy on Monday July 10, 2017 @03:35AM (#14734035)

I imagine that whoever paid you a ton of money might not be happy afterwards. I also imagine they're not the type of people you want to make unhappy.

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Re:iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable to Report to Apple by rubatuga on Monday July 10, 2017 @01:29AM (#14733597)

Well, your payment could be part of a contract where they would only give you the money if Apple doesn't patch the bug in the next n days

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Re:iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable to Report to Apple by pluma on Monday July 10, 2017 @05:39AM (#14734529)

Contracts only matter if they are enforceable by law. If a contract involves illegal activity, it is invalid.

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Re:iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable to Report to Apple by jsjohnst on Monday July 10, 2017 @09:01AM (#14735493)

There are many kinds of contracts. The contract implied above could be "cross us and find you and your family disappear", not "we sue you in court".

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