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(Unverified)Mar 19th 2009 11:40AM

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I am not sure how the competition is any different that simply offering cash to the "general public" to disclose exploits. You might get more exploits shown...

Either way, I think that if calling a company and saying "I know of an exploit, and I am going to release it to the general public unless you pay me 5 quid" is a crime, then who, exactly, this type of "reward" does not encourage anyone to simply disclose (when they find it) an exploit.

Oh wait... We wouldn't want to encourage appropriate disclosure anyway... What was I thinking?

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