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Timeline, Google said 2 years, Apple said 2 months.
by AgloeDreams 7y ago
Timeline, Google said 2 years, Apple said 2 months.
- cromwellian 7y ago2 months for those particular websites. There's a difference between the timeline that a vulnerability existed, and the timeline of a specific known usage of them. Apple is trying to confuse the two. If I discover a security hole that's been present in Windows for 10 years, but only know of an active usage of it say, in the Ukraine by Russia, I'm going to say that the vulnerability is 10 years, not 2-months. 10 years is the length of time you could have been exposed. 2months, Ukraine, tells you how much more likely you were in danger for that location. But you should not act as if the vulnerability existing for 10 years didn't affect you, because you don't know about how many other people were using it.
- wintercharm 7y agoI think the point being made here is why are both numbers not disclosed, and only one was? I think both the time the bug existed and the relevant timeframe of known exploits should be part of a responsible security disclosure. Omitting either one is a disservice to users.