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"I also pay for bugs people find in Tarsnap, as well as scrypt, kivaloo, and spiped, right down to the level of typographical errors in comments." I think thes
by minimax 13y ago
"I also pay for bugs people find in Tarsnap, as well as scrypt, kivaloo, and spiped, right down to the level of typographical errors in comments."
I think these bug bounties are interesting. Is there something like a market price for one of these bugs? I.e. are other people out there besides Colin willing to pay for bugs in the tarsnap client?
- TsiCClawOfLight 13y agoThere is a black market for Viruses, Trojans, and Data - why shouldn't there be one for bugs?
- shabble 13y agoI imagine there could be a similar reputation market along the lines of the write-my-college-paper services, in which you sell the bug to someone who can then take credit for it. Certainly I'm sure you could find some people who'd be prepared to pay for a valid Knuth error, although exactly how you'd advertise/seek those who have such things would risk wrecking the value of the thing you seek to acquire. Stepping up from that, there are clearly existing markets for exploits, and you might be able to sell potentially exploitable bugs in the same way.