![]() ![]() In other words, he was helping Apple become more secure, and they punished him for it. Miller, clearly, was not looking to use the code maliciously - just demoing a problem with their system. However, kicking him out of its developer program is exactly the wrong response. To be fair, Miller did get Apple to approve an app that he was using to demo the security flaw. The obvious implication: don’t search for security vulnerabilities in Apple products, and if you do find them, keep them to yourself.įirst off, here’s Miller explaining the security hole: ![]() Hours after security researcher Charlie Miller found a huge vulnerability in iOS, which would allow malicious software to be installed on iOS devices, Apple responded by taking away his developer’s license. It appears that Apple is the latest company to take a “kill the messenger” approach to security vulnerabilities. ![]()
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