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Re:Apple refused to pay bounty to Kaspersky for uncovering v... by pdpi on Monday June 10, 2024 @09:11AM (#40633249)
Yes, of course, they can't work around OFAC sanctions, but donating the bounty to a charity would probably have been 100% fine, and a show of good will.

It's not the first time we've seen Apple not playing nice with their bug bounty programme, so it's something of a pattern of behaviour. "A show of good will" is exactly what they need.

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Re:Apple refused to pay bounty to Kaspersky for uncovering v... by xw390112 on Monday June 10, 2024 @10:02AM (#40633811)
“probably fine” is not the comment I would’ve wanted from my lawyer. There are tons of ways this could’ve gone south. For example, which charity? What if Kaspersky benefited from a tax break as a result. Etc. etc. why take a chance?
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