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I got my first bug bounty at 16. Not having access to compute would've drastically changed the direction of my life. I wouldn't have been able to afford univers

I got my first bug bounty at 16. Not having access to compute would've drastically changed the direction of my life. I wouldn't have been able to afford university & would likely be working on a farm right now like my cousins

fragmede 3mo ago
Access to a desktop computer vs a smartphone that they bring to bed with TikTok on it are different though. What was your bug bounty for?
- dgellow 3mo ago
  As a kid I was using my PSP to browse the web at night. Will you also restrict a Nintendo DS, a Switch, and any other device that comes with a web briwser?
- adrian17 3mo ago
  AFAIK a nontrivial (5-10%?) fraction of population own a smartphone without any bigger computing device.
  - bigfishrunning 3mo ago
    I would doubt many of them are using those smartphones to collect bug bounties.
- yogorenapan 3mo ago
  IOS and MacOS priv esc. Yes I needed a smartphone to test on
  - fragmede 3mo ago
    That's awesome! Testing on, with a non-zero amount of adult supervision isn't the same thing as being given a phone with Snapchat and TikTok to take to bed at night though. I'm open to setting it to a different age. I didn't do a ton of research before picking 16. But also it's not like I'm actually in charge of anything either.
NeutralCrane 3mo ago
Well they didn’t say 16 years olds should not having access to compute so your point is irrelevant.
- theamk 3mo ago
  Pretty sure that to get a bug bounty one needs to study things first, and this takes quite a bit of time.
  - yogorenapan 3mo ago
    Yup. I started learning at 10 mostly messing about with modding and dumb script kiddie stuff. You don't just get a computer one day and get an exploit out the next
- marysol5 3mo ago
  This is what aannoys me about all the discussions on these issues. People come up with all sorts of random scenarios, that aren't even related to "prove" something...
marysol5 3mo ago
I got my first legal threat for reporting a vulnerability at 14 :(

fragmede 3mo ago

Access to a desktop computer vs a smartphone that they bring to bed with TikTok on it are different though. What was your bug bounty for?

dgellow 3mo ago
As a kid I was using my PSP to browse the web at night. Will you also restrict a Nintendo DS, a Switch, and any other device that comes with a web briwser?
adrian17 3mo ago
AFAIK a nontrivial (5-10%?) fraction of population own a smartphone without any bigger computing device.
- bigfishrunning 3mo ago
  I would doubt many of them are using those smartphones to collect bug bounties.
yogorenapan 3mo ago
IOS and MacOS priv esc. Yes I needed a smartphone to test on
- fragmede 3mo ago
  That's awesome! Testing on, with a non-zero amount of adult supervision isn't the same thing as being given a phone with Snapchat and TikTok to take to bed at night though. I'm open to setting it to a different age. I didn't do a ton of research before picking 16. But also it's not like I'm actually in charge of anything either.

NeutralCrane 3mo ago

Well they didn’t say 16 years olds should not having access to compute so your point is irrelevant.

theamk 3mo ago
Pretty sure that to get a bug bounty one needs to study things first, and this takes quite a bit of time.
- yogorenapan 3mo ago
  Yup. I started learning at 10 mostly messing about with modding and dumb script kiddie stuff. You don't just get a computer one day and get an exploit out the next
marysol5 3mo ago
This is what aannoys me about all the discussions on these issues. People come up with all sorts of random scenarios, that aren't even related to "prove" something...

marysol5 3mo ago

I got my first legal threat for reporting a vulnerability at 14 :(