Apple Warms Up to Hackers, Plans Presentation at Black Hat
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They certainly need to maintain goodwill with open source hackers to continue succeeding. Their current locked-down culture seems somewhat antithetical.
I would argue however that that same locked-down culture is actual the logical outcome of the security ideal hackers promote.
Why do you say that? It sounds like you're suggesting that "security through obscurity" is the logical end goal, but that seems to be at complete odds with the normal "full disclosure" mode most security researchers promote.