Apple Confirms $1M Reward for Anyone Who Can Hack an iPhone

Re:Apple Confirms $1M Reward for Anyone Who Can Hack an iPhone by thehesiod on Thursday August 08, 2019 @08:58PM (#20650432)

I'd like to see what what prevents double dipping, first report to unethical places, wait a bit, then report to Apple.

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Re:Apple Confirms $1M Reward for Anyone Who Can Hack an iPhone by mkl on Thursday August 08, 2019 @09:02PM (#20650453)

I think that's why the amount is so high. If you sell it for less to bad guys, someone else might find the same exploit (or a connected one) and swoop in and claim the big amount from Apple, and you lose out.

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Re:Apple Confirms $1M Reward for Anyone Who Can Hack an iPhone by Gaelan on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:49AM (#20651641)

According to other comments here, the unethical places spread payment over a period of time; payment stops if it gets patched.

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Re:Apple Confirms $1M Reward for Anyone Who Can Hack an iPhone by g-harel on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:02PM (#20650742)

The longer you wait, the more likely it becomes that someone else figures it out too!

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Re:Apple Confirms $1M Reward for Anyone Who Can Hack an iPhone by chias on Thursday August 08, 2019 @09:03PM (#20650462)

These unethical places would of course never consider reporting the bug to Apple to get a million dollar rebate on their purchase price... that would be unethical.

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