No you're right, bug prospector was made up on the spot. I'm old too and I confused the conversation by hauling out my rusty trusty grinding axe about some mis

No you're right, bug prospector was made up on the spot. I'm old too and I confused the conversation by hauling out my rusty trusty grinding axe about some miscreants I encountered along the way. In general though I do think we diffuse the term 'research' a bit in this case by applying it to a very broad spectrum of actions and motivations. As a result I think we lose some of the nuances of incentive that emerge at opposite ends of that spectrum. I mean we do call them 'bug bounties' afterall and we don't call Duane Chapman 'Dog the Fugitive Reseacher'. :)