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Re:Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000 by reaperducer on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @11:13AM (#43026769)
Why isn't that conceivably worth more than $10,000?

As explained by the parent comment, because there isn't a market for it. It's a novelty. Who are you going to sell that exploit to? At this time, nobody. Since Google doesn't have to compete against others for the bug, it pays low.

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Re:Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000 by Cpoll on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @11:48AM (#43027110)
To clarify, I'm not suggesting selling the exploit. I'm suggesting selling MrBeast, PewDiePie, Blackpink, Sony Music, etc.'s Youtube email addresses. To phishing rings.

Those may be non-public email addresses (admin/billing emails), so the phishing potential is higher than emailing [email protected] (or whatever).

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Re:Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10,000 by ipaddr on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @12:39PM (#43027636)
I`ll suggest you want the bottom 1000 as they are most likely to fall for a scam.
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