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...I'm worried of how much incentive there is to become a black hat. Either you risk prison... either earn a lot of bitcoin.

• cookiecaper 10y ago
  Yeah, the incentives are perverse. This is more of a symptom of the function of our legal apparatus than the law itself, because in theory, going through the legal process should be quick and if not affordable, at least reasonably doable for the individual or small business. Companies that run formal bug bounty programs (either directly or through a third party like HackerOne) show some recognition of this and some goodwill, especially those that include payouts of five figures or more, but those companies have to be careful that they don't accidentally create an environment where bidding wars between exploiters and companies are legitimized.
  • tajen 10y ago
    > careful ... bidding wars Why not? Yes prices can become high, but isn't that the work of the researcher? If the company doesn't want to have to purchase expensive bounties, they can either reduce the exposure (less legacy code, fewer APIs, more firewalls) or use more strict security rules. I'd feel safer if LastPass' bounty was higher than the value of the assets I put in that vault. If the value of a single vault (mine, actually) is $10,000 and the bug bounty is $2500 (which it is), how can we persuade discoverers to sell to LastPass?
    • fulldecent 10y ago
      Yes, this is why I don't use LastPass. As soon as I saw this I realized they must be a joke.