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[FireBeyond]

I will be curious, as a litmus test, to see how perception of this varies in the community to the Microsoft release.

That was a mixed bag - with support on both sides of the aisles, some decrying Patch Tuesday, some in support.

What will happen here? Will Google be lauded for consistency, or castigated for not "working more closely" with Apple (for varying definitions of "working closely", up to and including potentially delaying disclosure around arbitrary timelines)?

[cheald → FireBeyond]

I'm wholly in support of Google here. Apple has a history of letting known vulnerabilities persist for years (ie, http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/11/apple-took-3-years-to-fix...) without fixes.

[dzhiurgis → cheald]

Google is exploiting MS and Apple update release processes.

Both were published days before update schedule.

[FireBeyond → dzhiurgis]

That's an interesting counterpoint, and one I hadn't considered. Definitely worthy of note (especially when you combine it with the 'zero Android vulnerabilities found' - which isn't to imply it's an actively nefarious project, but that everything should be taken with an objective eye).

[icantthinkofone → dzhiurgis]

This is not true and was disavowed elsewhere. Wish I had the link.