Feels like the headline here should be related to bug itself, the amount of privacy it violated, and how long it took Apple to fix it!
Clearly a good PR move for Apple.
Clearly a good PR move for Apple.
Certainly Apple has deserved that scrutiny, but I was also waiting to see whether they'd do the right thing here.
This bug affected Group FaceTime, which was added in 12.1 (released in October)
What? As far as I understand, with his mom, he attempted to report it to the product-security email Apple tells you to do, they were brushed off and told to file radars, which they then did. And nothing happened. So, yes, he reported it responsibly and was ignored... traditionally, that's when security researchers say you move to reporting it via more public means...