Comment on KTRW: The Journey to Build a Debuggable iPhoneparentComments−gen36yFrom what I have heard in the past, Apple has only given them to specific researchers who they trust. It's very much a "We'll contact you" type of situation.From a more grey perspective, the dev-fused phones do get stolen and sold around.−comex6yI don't think Apple has ever intentionally handed out dev-fused phones. However, they are planning to do something like that starting next year. [1][1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/8/20756629/apple-iphone-secu...
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From what I have heard in the past, Apple has only given them to specific researchers who they trust. It's very much a "We'll contact you" type of situation.
From a more grey perspective, the dev-fused phones do get stolen and sold around.
I don't think Apple has ever intentionally handed out dev-fused phones. However, they are planning to do something like that starting next year. [1]
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/8/20756629/apple-iphone-secu...