I disagree. It's always better to acknowledge your flaws to show you're not blind. Even if you only claim that you're working on them, it better than saying you don't see them.
Finding a bug or hole BEFORE the product is out is bad, but not nearly as bad as finding it while people are actually using it. At least this shows that they're making an effort at finding them (and allowing others) BEFORE they release another piece of buggy crap.
So what are the chances that M$ is doing this to lure out competent hacker-types? You already know they're behind a lot of the campaigns to report piracy...I wouldn't be surprised at all to see that they use this to get names of people to "research" and monitor.
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I disagree. It's always better to acknowledge your flaws to show you're not blind. Even if you only claim that you're working on them, it better than saying you don't see them.
Finding a bug or hole BEFORE the product is out is bad, but not nearly as bad as finding it while people are actually using it. At least this shows that they're making an effort at finding them (and allowing others) BEFORE they release another piece of buggy crap.
So what are the chances that M$ is doing this to lure out competent hacker-types? You already know they're behind a lot of the campaigns to report piracy...I wouldn't be surprised at all to see that they use this to get names of people to "research" and monitor.