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Indeed. I think it should be $1250 minimum, which would be a week's pay at a $65000 salary. I think they might have kept it below $600 because of the IRS's $60
by benatkin 4y ago
Indeed. I think it should be $1250 minimum, which would be a week's pay at a $65000 salary.
I think they might have kept it below $600 because of the IRS's $600 threshold* which to me is tantamount to them deciding not to pay a real bug bounty.
* https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-23/irs-delays-600-tax-report-threshold-for-venmo-etsy-sellers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-23/irs-delay...
- quickthrower2 4y agoThat is still low because of the unpredictability. It might take weeks of work across many sites to find a bug. So the bounty needs to be high to compensate for that, if it is to be a career.