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Bug bounties are a social solution to a social problem. In many ways, the actual money is less important than being seen to earnestly engage with the programme.

Being hard-nosed about refusing to pay a bounty on a privilege escalation bug is a rookie mistake. It engenders ill will and cements your relationship with security researchers as adversarial rather than cooperative.




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