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Apparently, he did:

> I figured Apple might appreciate a vulnerability disclosure prior to public discussion, which I did on June 17, 2010 complete with technical detail. A gleeful auto-response came shortly after, to which I replied asking if Apple was already aware of the issue. I received no response after that, human or robot.



Yeah. And he waited just over a month. Which is not very long, compared to other similar vendors.

I suspect that Apple doesn't have a lot of goodwill in the security community these days. For better or worse, they're viewed as indifferent on the subject of security.




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