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You just manufactured a completely different scenario. The comment I responded to was this: >it's only fair for them to financially award people that responsi
by unclebucknasty 2y ago
You just manufactured a completely different scenario.
The comment I responded to was this:
>it's only fair for them to financially award people that responsibly inform them of vulnerabilities instead of easily and anonymously selling those.
That comment includes the threat ("instead of easily and anonymously selling those").
So, yes. That is the definition of extortion.
- bongodongobob 2y agoI think preventing people from having that incentive vs an actual threat are not the same, which is how I read the hypothetical.
- unclebucknasty 2y ago>I think preventing people from having that incentive vs an actual threat are not the same, which is how I read the hypothetical. The following two sentences read the same to me: "To remove my incentive to harm you, you should pay me". "To remove my incentive to share information with others who may harm you, you should pay me". And, the threat is pretty clear IMO.
- bongodongobob 2y agoDo you not lock your doors because you feel you shouldn't have to worry about people stealing your stuff because it's morally wrong to steal or do you do it to mitigate risk? Suggesting someone should mitigate potential risk is all we are talking about.
- unclebucknasty 2y agoYou're making a different argument now. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40577683 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40577683