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0 pointskybernetyk12y ago0 comments

> That probably wouldn't have shut down the site

So the guy is a hero. Thanks for disturbing real life businesses for several days, I guess?

> he was making Apple do something about it.

This behavior is endemic for the self-righteous security "researcher" scene. "I found a bug - you must do what I say, NOW, or else ..."

It's not like Apple would have ignored his bug reports if he wouldn't have scraped 100k developer accounts.

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ZoF12y ago· 1 in thread

He says he reported the bug previously and got no response...

So, it's very much "like Apple would have ignored his bug reports..."

agent12312y ago

What he leaves out is that he waited less than a day for a response. (You can see this from the radar shown in his video)

jasallen12y ago

"This behavior is endemic for the self-righteous security 'researcher' scene"

Yes, and that behavior is moving us to a world where corporations have to be careful what they put out, not just rush the newest shiny feature out faster. Besides, who do you want exploiting the bug, a self-righteous guy who 'may' be in it for his own glory, or an out-and-out criminal?

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