Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ...
by rched on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @08:00PM
(#15803559)
Why not? The end goal is protecting users. If disclosing a vulnerability before a company has a chance to fix it puts more users at risk than waiting how is that not irresponsible?
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ...
by beedogs on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @11:58PM
(#15804679)
Considering the vulnerability was supposedly brought to Apple's attention a month earlier via the "proper" channels, and considering Apple's history of repeatedly ignoring and dismissing said disclosures, I'd say this was the only correct action to take.