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The part about naming a price making it illegal... wow. I spent most of the article wondering how it wasn't clearly extortion. I mean going with something like
by sammorrowdrums 6y ago
The part about naming a price making it illegal... wow. I spent most of the article wondering how it wasn't clearly extortion. I mean going with something like "I was just telling the person that we had a leaked porn tape of theirs, we didn't expect them to feel obliged to pay us money, we didn't say that it could otherwise fall into the wrong hands"... what a scummy way around it. It is extortion in all but name.
Maybe some hn'ers who trade in exploit discovery could shed some light on how this in tech, as I guess it is maybe similar legal territory?
- CleverLikeAnOx 6y agoIn my experience the hacker usually gives you the exploit for free, but asks for a bounty. Aggressive ones may say that you should pay them with the implication that they may name and shame you if you don't. Others will only agree to share the exploit if you pay, but I have always assumed that it is a scam or a really lame vulnerability.
- sammorrowdrums 6y agoThanks, makes a lot of sense. I guess the latter kind is closer to the above.