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A government bug bounty program would be a huge step forward to our defense. Could even encourage would be hackers to go white hat

• flowerlad 5y ago
  The payout should come from the company that has the vulnerability, not US taxpayers. So basically there needs to be a law that states that if you run critical infrastructure, or hoard personal information on US citizens then you are required to set aside X dollars to pay white hat hackers who find vulnerabilities.
  • sircastor 5y ago
    That might have the added benefit of incentivizing better security practices overall.
  • smolder 5y ago
    I wonder, is there a lobbying group that would or does support legislation like that? Maybe the EFF? I like the idea.