Repairing security holes on the device is a serious commitment from Apple. This is evidenced by the increasing number offered for those who managed to find resistance on Apple devices such as the iPhone.
Apple offers up to USD 1 million or around 14.1 billion as a reward for discovering security holes in iOS. So far, the nominal is the highest price of any large technology company, as quoted by Forbes, Saturday (10/08/2019).
But keep in mind, rewards of this magnitude are only given to the inventor of security loopholes whose impact is fatal, namely loopholes that can make hackers get full access to the iPhone or iPad without physical interaction with the device.
Apple also launched a prize for finding bugs in MacOS. In addition they also expanded this contest to watchOS and Apple TV operating systems.
By including another operating system, Apple expands a bug program that was first launched for iOS in 2016. Researchers who have discovered security flaws that affect platforms other than iOS are entitled to receive payments of USD 200 thousand.
This tantalizing prize was made so that researchers who discovered security holes in Apple's entire operating system would reveal it.
Because earlier this year there was a security researcher who discovered a flaw in MAcOS, that security flaw could expose a user's password. But the researcher was reluctant to give details to Apple because of the lack of prizes offered for other operating systems besides iOS.
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