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Did you even read the article? Did anyone who update you read the article? This has nothing to do with security issues. It is to do with fixing specific bugs i

• sp332 13y ago
  The article is about a bounty program, and the comment is about how likely these programs are to actually pay out.
  • eropple 13y ago
    A bounty program about bug fixes, not a bounty program about bug reports.
• pera 13y ago
  I did, but I think that although my examples are about security issues this is another bounty program by the same company, why would they have a different behavior?
  • Zancarius 13y ago
    The first part of your comment specifically mentions bounty rewards for bugs, so I don't see what the problem is. The rest may be tangentially related, but it's still interesting. I have to wonder if refusing to award bounties is a symptom of intentional maliciousness or if it is instead some degree of bureaucratic ineptitude. The adage "Never attribute to malice that which can best be explained by stupidity" comes to mind, but I think "stupidity" would best be explained away as the lumbering beast with little coordination among its myriad appendages that is most enterprises. Your experiences suggest to me that it's also possible a matter of embarrassment. It's a shame really. Improving user experience through safety ought to be a matter of importance but it often isn't...
  • qznc 13y ago
    You example is about bugs in Facebooks own application. This D bounty program is more like Facebook throwing some money around to support an Open Source project they use.