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ctdonath on March 30, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Your iPhone just got less secure. Blame the FBI

The "vulnerabilities equities process", adopted in 2010, requires the FBI disclose the exploit details to Apple on request.

More info can be found in am EFF case: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/07/01/eff_v_nsa_odni_-_foia.p...

kodablah on March 30, 2016 [–]

Maybe I misread the redacted doc [0] but from what I see, it is sent to the Entities Review Board (ERB) that then determines whether they should disseminate. I was unable to find the requirement to disclose. Can you point to it?

0 - https://www.eff.org/document/vulnerabilities-equities-proces...

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