> 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.
> 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.