| ▲ | SlinkyOnStairs 6 hours ago | |
The problem with that approach is that it will also deter genuine submissions, probably moreso than a "no bounty" system. For those who encounter bugs as part of their employment, they'd now need to convince their employer to fork over money up front. For most employers, getting them to spend even insignificant money is like pulling teeth. But even for the self-employed or hobbyists, gambling real money on "are they going to be a jerk about my exploit report". No offense towards Turso, but the bulk of software firms are TERRIBLE about handling reports like that. Many already have unstated policies of screwing people out of deserved bug bounties at every step. To submit such reports today already requires you to accept that your work is statistically, just going to be a bunch of free labour that you gave away for the betterment of the product's users. Adding a cash fee just further deters submissions, especially once people haven't gotten their money back a few times. (Consider how many "AI detection tools" are themselves incredibly unreliable machine learning or sometimes even LLM systems) | ||