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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. That's why I'm not a geek. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm a Systems Administrator.

    You offer me money, I'm taking it.

    You offer me enough money, maybe I don't delete the porn that you stashed on the network storage.

    (What? I learned from the best. All glory to the Bastard.)