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I would argue that your reply is the one that's absurd. Why is the quote you mentioned unreasonable?

• windexh8er 13y ago
  Maybe more pointedly - white hat and in high school, OR independent and not well known, OR when dealing with any sort of organization affiliated with government, banking, telecommunications or retail. I think that covers 80% of this type of story cropping up quarterly in mainstream media.
• mike-cardwell 13y ago
  Because "Being white hat gets you in trouble more often than not." is so obviously untrue to anybody with even the vaguest relation to the industry. It implies that more than 50% of the time, when you disclose a vulnerability responsibly you get in trouble. When it's more likely much much less than 0.1% of the time. People getting in trouble for reporting vulnerabilities is highly rare. Show me 100 cases of it, and I'll still tell you it's rare.
  • Fuxy 13y ago
    Most of the industry wouldn't characterize themselves as "white hat" just ask them and they will say their more "gray hat" then white hat. At least in private anyway if you ask them in public their force to keep up appearances. Now we can argue about the percentages all day but you have to agree being "gray hat" and keeping the power on your side by not exposing your identity is the safer way to go about it unless you want bragging rights which is whole other level of psychology. I'm not after the attention I'd rather be the guy who nobody notices.