Recently, Apple made a unique offer. The largest IT giant in the world is ready to pay one million dollars to someone who can bypass the security system of the iPhone and hack the gadget. Such an impressive amount of the fee for finding flaws can be called one of the record.
Empowerment
Previously, Apple ran a similar scenario, but it did not give any results. Probably the problem was an artificial decrease in the total number of testers. The fact is that to participate in the program was possible only by prior invitation. The size of the fee for the successful completion of the assignment was 200 thousand US dollars. But now they have abandoned such a policy. Anyone can test the security of the iPhone now.
Conditions
Naturally, you will be able to earn money only if a person complies with the terms of cooperation. For example, the company said that they would give a reward only to someone who can hack the iPhone remotely without access to the gadget itself.
For other devices
In Forbes note that the American company plans to create a similar proposal for its other devices. However, in the concern itself, such rumors have not yet been commented on.
Expert Opinions
Industry experts say that such an offer from Apple is pointless. The fact is that in order to search for flaws in the security system, the company itself must provide everyone with special devices with unfinished iOS. Otherwise, it may take more than $ 1.5 million to create an application that identifies defects and searches for deficiencies. That is why large representatives of the industry call this offer from Apple a regular PR move. Investing millions in the development of a special utility for iOS is simply impractical, since the total profit will be significantly less.
In January of this year, rumors appeared that one of the American companies was offering $ 2 million for a remote hacking iPhone. However, so far this award has not found its owner.
