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majewsky on Feb 28, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Feds Can Now Probably Unlock Every iPhone Mode...

> This would be a statistic that would jump off the charts and trigger Apple to essentially develop a solution straight away.

How, though? If the only information Apple has is that their SE scheme is broken, how is that supposed to help them develop a solution?

paulie_a on Feb 28, 2018 [–]

The risky.biz podcast proposed a solution, half seriously and half in jest, offer 50 million for the bug bounty. It would destroy the working relationships and trust of the group of people that is required to come up with multi stage exploits, and apple has the cash to do that once or twice.

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