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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by MatthewWilkes on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @10:10PM (#15804231)
Why? You're not an employee, you're a concerned citizen. You havr no obligations to vendors whatsoever. Now, I think it's nice to do responsible disclosure, and I certainly don't envy the people whose week has been ruined, but the discoverer of this bug did nothing wrong.
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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by ptlu on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @11:29PM (#15804584)
It is about the increased risk fellow users will have due to this style of disclosure. Who cares about the vendor, but they are best situated to resolve the issue quickly for everyone.
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