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Hagens Berman is getting about half of the settlement. Users shouldn't expect big cash from this settlement — the email that we received shows a $14.45 payout.

apple_badger said:

I'm going to respectfully disagree here. Speaking as someone who heads up Information security for an organization, this may not be as quite bad as it gets (it won't kill your dog), but it's darn close. A remote code execution flaw in webkit paired with the ability to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges is really, really, *really* bad. 

macgui said:

Anybody is free to opt out of a class action law suit and take on Apple on their own. Anybody? Bueller?? I didn't think so.

So the lawyers get a big payday. If they didn't, what are the odds that they'd take up the fight? Far less. The victims get a pittance but the bigger takeaway is some egregious practice is usually stopped. Regardless of how little (or how much) time an employee might have been lost, it's insulting at best to have an employer doing a bag check on your dime! Even more so when you realize it's ok to inconvenience you every day at the end of your shift, because it saves them $Millions per year.

I don't know that class action lawyers deserve the fees they get, considering their clients seldom get a reimbursement equal to their loss. The whole class action process is often something of a farce. But if a practice is discontinued or made fair to all involved, that's still a win.