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> So why would anyone ever take a bounty instead of selling on the black market? Risk! I like to believe there are also ethics involved in most cases
by gbalduzzi 8mo ago
> So why would anyone ever take a bounty instead of selling on the black market? Risk!
I like to believe there are also ethics involved in most cases
- idiotsecant 8mo agoSystems that rely on ethical behaviour to function generally dont last long
- gbalduzzi 8mo agoThat is why I said "also", it should not be the only factor. The conversation was moving between two possibilities only: either collect bug bounties or sell on the black market. I believe most (again: most, not all) security researchers collecting bug bounties right now would not start selling on the black market in case bounties disappeared. They would change their focus to something else to sustain themselves