Ask HN: If a bug in YouTube lets skip Ads, should it be disclosed to the public?

Posted by maketechfair on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:40PM
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Re:Ask HN: If a bug in YouTube lets skip Ads, should it be d... by mercxry on Thursday April 04, 2019 @02:46AM (#19569850)

Check if their bug bounty program covers it, if not just report that to them and give them some time, if they don't fix it after that time you can disclose it to the public.

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Re:Ask HN: If a bug in YouTube lets skip Ads, should it be d... by g4ryb0t on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:46PM (#19556102)

sounds like your talking about an ad-blocker

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Re:Ask HN: If a bug in YouTube lets skip Ads, should it be d... by maketechfair on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @01:00PM (#19556273)

It's not an ad-blocker, for this to work there is no need to install any add-on or extensions, or do any CSS or JS trickery in the debugging console.

This requires just a simple action in a stock web browser, as far as I have experienced.

The cat I don't have could do it!

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Re:Ask HN: If a bug in YouTube lets skip Ads, should it be d... by qnsi on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @04:38PM (#19558338)

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Re:Ask HN: If a bug in YouTube lets skip Ads, should it be d... by maketechfair on Thursday April 04, 2019 @01:02AM (#19569471)

Thanks for your answer, I would really like to hear your considerations as to why it shouldn't be done.

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