PayPal Reviewing Qualifying Age For Vulnerability Rewards

itwbennett writes "In follow-up to 17-year old Robert Kugler's claim that PayPal denied him a bug bounty because he was under 18, the company now says that it is 'investigating whether it can lower the qualifying age for vulnerability rewards for those who responsibly report security problems.' The company also said that the vulnerability had already been reported by another researcher — although they didn't mention that in the email to Kugler telling him he wouldn't be receiving payment."

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Re:Award scholarships for under-aged people

[Archangel Michael]

"Legal Complications"

If there is legal reasons to not award people under the age of 17 with rewards and such for doing good, then the law is wrong. But then again, this is the "nanny state" where we write laws to protect people from themselves, and in the name of "protecting the children". These laws fix outlying problems at the expense of everyone else.