>> The point is, it's possible that if he was a black hat, he could have gotten much more for it on the black market. Even if it could only be used once or a fe

>> The point is, it's possible that if he was a black hat, he could have gotten much more for it on the black market. Even if it could only be used once or a few times. This is precisely my point. No, he couldn't have. I outlined why in the comment you responded to. >> Money wise, for Facebook, it makes zero difference if they pay him that much or 5 times more. Leaving aside the fact that it obviously doesn't literally make "zero difference," should companies decide to pay more for things simply because they can afford to?