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Apple unveiled the Sign in with Apple option back in June 2019 and the feature was received with somewhat positive attention. There’s a good reason for that positive response; it allows for a more secure authentication system as opposed to the social logins. Furthermore, this also enabled users to sign up with third-party apps and services without having to share their Apple ID email. However, an Indian security researcher in New Delhi recently discovered a critical flaw in the Sign in with the Apple system. This flaw would enable an attacker to take over an account simply by relying on an email ID. Apple, in return, has rewarded the security researcher generously. The tech giant paid the hacker $100,000 from Apple security bounty pot and this goes to show just how crucial this shocking discovery to Apple was. The good thing that came from all of this is that Apple has already taken care of the issue on its server-end and only after this was carried out did Bhavuk Jain – the genius ...