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Researcher discloses security bug because Twitter doesn't reward bounty hunters
1 points by aatteka 4576 days ago
Egor Homakov has just disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in twitter. He argues that twitter doesn't provide enough incentive for researchers to disclose bugs responsibly.

http://homakov.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-to-send-dm-on-twitter-wo-permission.html

Should researchers get rewarded for their efforts and what a fair compensation would be?