The secret sauce these ex-Apple engineers hold is insight into the bugs & architecture flaws of their former company. They're a couple steps ahead of the patch releases, for now.https://twitter.com/iblametom/status/1044559777580425216 …
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Replying to @kennwhite
Why is developing blackhat tools for use against an ex employer's products you have inside knowledge about (and likely even bugs you planted/ignored while working there to exploit later) not a crime?
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Replying to @RichFelker
I assume Cupertino is watching /very/ closely, but as
@DonAndrewBailey mentioned, it's possible they're targeting subsystem or microcode flaws that are either very difficult or impossible to patch, and plausibly discoverable from available public docs or RE.3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @kennwhite @DonAndrewBailey
Even if *possible* to rediscover, this whole practice puts a perverse incentive on engineers to ignore any bugs or high level security design flaws when they see them so they can later go make millions exploiting them.
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Imagine if engineers designing bridges or skyscrapers ignored flaws so they could sell the flaws to terrorists and retire...
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