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Re:Microsoft Offers Bug Bounty to Prevent Another Spectre-Me... by lpasselin on Saturday March 17, 2018 @06:53PM (#16609468)
Is it legal to sell exploits?
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Re:Microsoft Offers Bug Bounty to Prevent Another Spectre-Me... by tptacek on Saturday March 17, 2018 @08:55PM (#16609959)
In the general case, yes, but there are specific cases --- and they are probably more common than you'd be comfortable with --- in which the answer is probably "no". It's legally very dangerous to sell a vulnerability to someone who is going to use it to break the law.
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Re:Microsoft Offers Bug Bounty to Prevent Another Spectre-Me... by qaq on Saturday March 17, 2018 @06:57PM (#16609490)
Sure there are gov. agencies that will buy them
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