I Got Paid $0 from the Uber Security Bug Bounty

Re:I Got Paid $0 from the Uber Security Bug Bounty by robbiep on Sunday December 24, 2017 @05:13PM (#16001583)

I challenge you to explore addiction more fully - it is simplistic to assume that all addicts are opioid-linked and that maintenance dosages would remove harm (methadone programs are basically performing this function, so it is not as though this doesn’t happen).

Firstly, what is societal neutral? Is it where a person is able to indulge in their vices without affecting others, or causing cost to the community? Because if so, drug addiction (of prescription, or legal drugs - alcohol and tobacco - and illegal drugs) fails the test.

Speaking as someone working on the front lines (emergency departments) of societies care for vulnerable people, addiction is an enormous scourge that causes immense harm - particularly with ice which is highly destructive to the individual, their families and the social fabrics of communities.

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Re:I Got Paid $0 from the Uber Security Bug Bounty by Aloha on Sunday December 24, 2017 @05:59PM (#16001751)

I'm the child of an addict.

It really depends on how you measure cost - the current regime of punishing it, or treating it as a character weakness is clearly not working - plus moving sustained addiction outside of a care network to the black market, also clearly isn't working either.

Everything we do has a cost to the community, the question is, since we know we can't eliminate the cost, how can we reduce it?

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Re:I Got Paid $0 from the Uber Security Bug Bounty by robbiep on Sunday December 24, 2017 @08:19PM (#16002162)

I agree, services to support are very important and models that reduce harm should be encouraged and adopted

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