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Google security researcher Ian Beer recently suggested that the company Apple should send almost $2,5 million to charity, due to the constant reporting of the huge number of bugs he discovered in the operating system iOS.

Ian Beer works at Google as a member of the Project Zero team. He is in charge of identifying vulnerabilities in other companies' software security. The companies concerned will then be given ninety days to fix the bugs before the software is officially released to the public.

Company Apple has its own bug bounty program, aimed at paying for discovered errors. Under this program, it pays security researchers to identify these bugs in its operating systems. However, it has - as with many other similar programs - one catch: participation in the program is only possible on the basis of a special invitation. According to a report published on Business Insider, Beer calculated that his bug reports would theoretically net him nearly $1,23 million if he were allowed to participate in the program. In case the company Apple "payout" for revealed errors, she pointed out to the charity, the amount would be doubled. Beer gave no specific reason why he decided to go public with his complaint about the way Apple builds bugs and vulnerabilities in their operating systems. As part of his speech, however, he noted that Apple he does a "lousy job" of fixing bugs that are reported to him.

Apple officially launched its program two years ago. It offers security researchers a payout of maxat least $200. But a year later, the program was labeled "waning" because the payouts were relatively low. Security researchers earn much more if they sell bug reports to governments or companies that attack Apple devices.

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