So a teenager & Apple knew about the exploit for a week but that still doesn’t give a timeline on when Apple was able to nerf the exploit without shutting down all FaceTime.
How long did it take Apple to to determine that turning off Group Messaging would nerf it? Was Group Messaging able to be turned off without impacting all FaceTime or did it take some dev time to implement it? All unknowns.
I’ll repeat that even if only the teenager & Apple were aware of the exploit, Apple should have shut down group messaging as soon as they could do so without impacting all FaceTime. The lawsuit filed by a lawyer against Apple that claims that the bug was used to spy on him might give further insight, but then it may just be another bottom feeding lawyer that hopes that Apple will prefer paying him off – even if his claims of tort are false.
