This Australian outfit, known as a poster child for so-called white-hat hacks, is devoted to studying and disclosing software vulnerabilities. This ending is perhaps the happiest possible to a saga that might otherwise have set a troubling precedent for privacy and security worldwide. Indeed, in such situations Apple already routinely hands over what data it can without cracking its own code. Apple, meanwhile, is suing another firm in the bug-hunting business, arguing that all security researchers should reveal their findings to manufacturers. The outcome should serve as a reminder that in the continuing controversy over encryption the country need not choose between two bad choices.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2021 12:56 UTC