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Re:An iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit odyssey by q3k on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @06:24PM (#25271414)
> And in some cases, researchers may need to avoid reporting that exploit to Apple in order to keep using it.

And this will continue to happen until Apple just starts selling the damn things to anyone who wants them, instead of trying to gatekeep them to people who are playing by their ridiculous security disclosure rules.

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Re:An iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit odyssey by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @06:33PM (#25271493)
Right! It would solve so many issues! Put them on an unlisted page of your online store, charge a 50% markup over a normal iPhone, make the boot screen bright red, and do something ugly and obvious with the phone's exterior.

Sure, some crazy people who aren't security researchers will probably buy them too and use them as daily drivers (I'd probably be one of them). So what? I don't understand why Apple feels the need to hold this stuff so close to their chest. Everyone in this scenario knows exactly what they're buying.

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