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Re:Announcing the Windows Bounty Program by JoshTriplett on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @03:12PM (#14859210)
It also encourages researchers to do research, by making it less likely they'll do a pile of research only to be told "sorry, we already found this, you get nothing". Right now, pursuing a bounty is a risky proposition; this makes it less risky.
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Re:Announcing the Windows Bounty Program by strictnein on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @03:14PM (#14859220)
Yeah, good point. "Hush money" may have been a little too harsh.
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Re:Announcing the Windows Bounty Program by crottypeter on Thursday July 27, 2017 @06:03AM (#14863909)
1/10th of what you expected is close to nothing though.
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