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- Apple today launched its Security Research Device Program which provides jailbroken iPhones to security researchers.
- The dedicated iPhones provide researchers with unique access to typically restricted parts of iOS.
- Apple has historically avoided working with security researchers, having only started paying bug bounties in 2016.
Apple today officially launched its Apple Security Research Device Program. The program, as the name somewhat implies, is designed to make it easier for researchers to unearth bugs and discover overarching security vulnerabilities in iOS. As part of the initiative, Apple notes that it will provide security researchers with specialized iPhones dedicated to security research "with unique code execution and containment policies."
Apple first announced its plan to implement the program last year. At the time, Apple said it would provide the specialized iPhones to a carefully curated list of hackers and security researchers. A report from a few months back relayed that the devices will not grant hackers access to decrypted iPhone firmware but that they will be nearly as capable as what Apple's own engineers use.
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