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Comment by 93po

2 years ago

companies vary wildly in their honesty and cooperation with bug bounties and develop reputations as a result. if they have a shit reputation, people stop doing free work for them and instead focus on more honest companies

Not all free work is wanted. Discouraging frivolous reports is exactly what is being accomplished by not paying for them.

  • there are endless examples of reports that, by the judgement of the community, are entirely valid and unknown security concerns and fit within the guidelines of a company's bug bounty program, and do not ever result in payment