Re: [Full-disclosure] Serious Yahoo bug discovered. Researchers rewarded with $12.50

[Benji <me@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yahoo have now started a big bounty formally instead of just trying to be
nice (
http://yahoodevelopers.tumblr.com/post/62953984019/so-im-the-guy-who-sent-the-t-shirt-out-as-a-thank-you).

You can all go back to worrying about your bank balances now, and fitting
the stereotype that all you (infosec) care about is money and not helping
the world.
On 3 Oct 2013 08:41, "Benji" <me@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No-one is making you do anything.
>
> If you don't feel like helping for free, like in the old days (2 years
> ago..) then don't
>
> Jeeze, I remember when you guys used to moan that a company had no
> security policy, now it's that "the amount offered is too low for me from a
> company that has no formal bounty and was probably just ttrying to be nice
> to gst out of bed for".
>
> Nice to meet you Justin Bieber of the infosec community.
> On 3 Oct 2013 08:35, "adam" <adam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> bradon nailed it, it has nothing to do with entitlement, it has to do
>> with incentive. $12.50 is not only _not_ incentive, but it's outright
>> insulting, thus having the exact opposite effect.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Jordon Bedwell <envygeeks@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Ian Hayes <cthulhucalling@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Sounds like someone has an overdeveloped sense of self-entitlement.
>>>
>>> Sounds like somebody is failing at trolling.
>>>
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