Summary
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Major tech giants like Google pay researchers for finding vulnerabilities in their products.
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Google is shutting down the Google Play Security Reward Program on August 31, 2024.
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It will review all submitted reports before the program ends, though payouts can take a few weeks.
“It is so secure we don’t even need to check it anymore.”
MBA idiot says right before something they are in charge of gets compromised because some hacker took such a statement as a challenge.
In its email, Google states that it is closing down the program because of the “overall increase in the Android OS security posture and feature hardening efforts.” This has led to researchers submitting fewer vulnerabilities than before.
- Vulnerabilities are found, which shows that the program is successful and needed.
- No vulnerabilities are found, no money will have to leave Google.
Keeping the program will reap the benefits from both no. 1 and no.2 while closing down the program only enables no.2.
Not hard to see the priorities here…
Another reason not to use google play store for android apps
This is a giant invitation for hackers to look for more vulnerabilities.
All so some rich assholes can have yet another yacht.
Translation: we really need more money to pay a bonus of some hundreds of millions to the CEO
