Comment by dist-epoch

1 day ago

This is a pet peeve of tptacek:

> server-side vulnerabilities are worth very little, because they quickly get patched.

The "take over any instagram/meta account through their AI password reset chatbot" was going around and sold on shady forums for ~1 month before being patched.

then server side vulnerabilities should not be reported, instead sell the data, more profitable

  • Very few people would even have the knowledge of who, how, or where to "sell" such vulnerabilities. Going through a public bounty program is pretty much always preferable.

    Most people don't want to be felons.

  • I'm sure there are places that would sue you for that, and it's not worth the bother. Bug bounties really compete mostly with people like me who would say, "Haha, I found an issue with Meta; they're gigantic idiots." And then make an X post or anything about it.