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JoshTriplett on July 26, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Announcing the Windows Bounty Program

It also encourages researchers to do research, by making it less likely they'll do a pile of research only to be told "sorry, we already found this, you get nothing". Right now, pursuing a bounty is a risky proposition; this makes it less risky.

strictnein on July 26, 2017 | [–]

Yeah, good point. "Hush money" may have been a little too harsh.

crottypeter on July 27, 2017 | [–]

1/10th of what you expected is close to nothing though.

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