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Originally Posted by HansTWN
He made an app to prove the fact that the flaw could be exploited and was very open about that from the beginning.
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Really, the app description stated that there was a hidden trojan that would allow a remote exploit of users' devices? He told Apple that when he submitted the app?
That isn't what the story said: "He proved his theory by building a stock-market monitoring tool called InstaStock, which connected to a server he controlled once it was installed on an iPhone or iPad."
He wasn't open about it from the beginning, he was open about it after the fact.
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It was the same thing as inspectors getting a dummy bomb on an airplane.
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But it wasn't a dummy bomb, it was a genuine bomb, he just didn't explode it.
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Point being Apple should thank him for helping them improve their products. Other companies hold contests and pay people to fool their security systems.
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And had he just notified the problem to Apple and given them time to fix it, I'm sure they wouldn't have kicked him out.
1. He knowingly uploaded software with hidden functionality which hijacked users' devices.
2. He did not disclose that the software has that functionality to Apple or to the users that downloaded it.
3. That is a violation of the TOS.
Do you disagree with any of those statements?