[tropicalmug]

11 days? Two weeks? A month? Never?

Not every company values this sort of feedback from their users. Some go out of their way to prosecute those that break their services this way.

[expertmind]

That is sad. There should be a some kind of TOS for public internet companies. While this kind of exploits does not hurt google but they can be very dangerous for users.

[markeganfuller]

Sounds like it would be a good extension to Data Protection / Computer Abuse/Misuse Acts depending on what it allows access to. Anyone pointing out a failing in your system should not be prosecuted unless they've actually committed a crime.

[mdpopescu]

That doesn't actually help; you need to think more like a prosecutor. By investigating the vulnerability they have, in fact, committed a crime - see for example http://blog.erratasec.com/2013/09/how-weevs-prosecutors-are-...