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It was out of scope. The rules are pretty clear: http://prezi.com/bugbounty/ http://prezi.com/bugbounty/ and he broke at least two of them. And it seems like h
by eli 13y ago
It was out of scope. The rules are pretty clear: http://prezi.com/bugbounty/ http://prezi.com/bugbounty/ and he broke at least two of them.
And it seems like he knew it was out of scope when he submitted it too: "I had spent a total of 2 hours sifting and crawling through their services which were in scope, but wanted to see if I could locate any other subdomains..."
Now I think Prezi should probably have paid him anyway because that's a pretty boneheaded error and I'd be very grateful if someone politely pointed it out to me... but they aren't obligated to. You can put your pitchforks down.
- nowayman 13y agoSometimes people and companies have their heads stuck so far in procedures and policies that they can't see the forests from the trees. The Finder provided tremendous value by discovering this issues and reporting it responsibly. He certainly should be rewarded with something more substantial than swag. Would Prezi have preferred that the Finder just not report this issues?
- eli 13y agoIt's not like they got him on some legalistic technicality. The bug bounty clearly doesn't cover the bug he reported. And I don't usually go looking for them, but if I come across a security problem (e.g. someone left login credentials unsecured in bitbucket) I would let them know because it's the right thing to do, not because I expect cash.
- TillE 13y agoIt's not a technicality, but you're just saying "well, that's the policy" without considering whether the policy is the best way to accomplish certain goals. That's the point.
- duiker101 13y agoSo because it was out of scope it means that it could not have harmed the company so he should have just left it there?
- lmm 13y agoYou're not entitled to a bounty just because you found a bug. Some companies offer these bounties and it's good that they do, but that doesn't mean every company is obliged to offer them, or that a company that offers bounties for some bugs is obliged to offer them for all bugs.
- shubhamjain 13y agoHow about a moral obligation? Honestly, it sounds like if a taxi driver returns a bag full of cash to the owner, it is perfectlly alright if they just say "Thank you" and walk him to the road. Legally: nothing wrong, morally: being a greedy asshole.
- balls187 13y agoMorally: A good deed is it's own reward. Further: Money doesn't have any owners. Only spenders.
- lmm 13y agoFrankly if a taxi driver bitched on his blog about someone doing that I'd be saying the same thing. It's nice when someone gives you a reward for doing the right thing. But you shouldn't act like you're entitled to it, because you're not.
- Semaphor 13y ago> But you shouldn't act like you're entitled to it, because you're not. Depends where you are. In Germany you are entitled to a finder's fee by law (in the case of the taxi only if the value is > 50€ and only 2.5% instead of the normal 5%)
- kbenson 13y agoThat's an interesting point of view. I consider it being a greedy asshole when you feel entitled to a reward for doing the right thing.
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- woodchuck64 13y ago"Now I think Prezi should probably have paid him anyway because that's a pretty boneheaded error and I'd be very grateful if someone politely pointed it out to me" But Shubham did one additional thing, he unintentionally embarrassed a founder. That's the real reason he's not getting paid, everything else is a technicality...
- eli 13y agoThat sounds like pure conjecture.
- danielweber 13y agoGood life lesson: don't be a dick.
- kstop 13y agoA dick would have stuck it up on Pastebin or wherever it is the kids stick things these days.