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More Than 10% of Mozilla Bug Finders Refuse Cash

Posted by Soulskill on from the never-underestimate-the-power-of-free-swag dept.

angry tapir writes "The open-source Mozilla project has been offering cash bounties for security bugs for six years now, but often bug finders simply turn down the cash. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of the serious security bugs reported since Mozilla launched its bug bounty program have been provided free of charge, according to Mozilla."

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  1. "Often"? by Thats_Pipe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "... often bug finders simply turn down the cash. Between 10 percent and 15 percent ..."

    Not too sure what connotations "often" has for others but 10-15% doesn't really seem that "often"

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    1. Re:"Often"? by correnos · · Score: 5, Insightful

      In the context of "here have some cash", 15% is pretty often.

  2. Re:More evidence... by VJ42 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Y'know if they wanted to refuse the cash... instead of letting Mozilla keep it, have them donate it to the charity of their choice. Just sayin'.

    That's effectively what they're doing - the 'charity' of their choice being the Mozilla foundation.

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  3. Re:More evidence... by kg8484 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ah, so what you really meant is:

    Y'know if they wanted to refuse the cash... instead of letting Mozilla keep it, have them donate it to the charity of my choice. Just sayin'.

  4. Re:Job may not allow you to accept cash bounty by thejam · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Also, your work visa may not allow you to accept cash for work of another employer.

  5. In other news by Zepalesque · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Almost 90% of Mozilla Bug Finders Accept Cash Reward!