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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to get paid for discovering ... by lifeformed on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @07:14PM (#9932989)
What's the legality of option 3?
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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to get paid for discovering ... by turtles on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @11:16PM (#9933780)
Its straight up illegal.

What OP doesn't mention is that there are legitimate brokers. You dont have to use those shitty hackerone services.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to get paid for discovering ... by ryanlol on Thursday July 23, 2015 @01:28PM (#9937203)
Depends greatly on the context. Selling exploits definitely isn't "straight up illegal". Selling vulns much less so.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to get paid for discovering ... by turtles on Sunday July 26, 2015 @09:37PM (#9952936)
Yes, sorry, my statement was lacking context. I was referring to someone selling to a criminal organisation.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to get paid for discovering ... by ryanlol on Sunday July 26, 2015 @10:31PM (#9953063)
Not necessarily. Knowingly selling to someone that'll use it for a crime, probably.
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