Apple boots iOS exploit finder from developer program
updated 10:20 pm EST, Mon November 7, 2011
Apple drops Charlie Miller as dev after finding
Well-known Accuvant security researcher Charlie Miller said he had been ejected from the iOS developer program just hours after discovering a remote control app exploit. Apple didn't explain the reasons why, although the test app, Instastock, had been published to the App Store and would have violated Apple's rules. Miller warned that Apple might have let the app go by without the media attention.
"For the record, without a real app in the App Store, people would say Apple wouldn't approve an app that took advantage of this flaw," he said.
Miller, well-known for hacking iOS devices to reveal exploits at Pwn2Own and other contests, had taken advantage of iOS JavaScript changes since 4.3 to show what could be done just by using the web. The app could successfully take messages, photos, and other content.
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This guy is a moron. I give him credit for finding a reporting bugs to Apple, but to most recent method he used of hiding code in an app just to prove the existence of a bug goes against his agreement with Apple. And now he complains and says he's angry with Apple. Seems pretty self-entitled to me.