The Vulnerability Disclosure Process: Still Broken

Despite the advent to bug bounty programs and enlightened vendors, researchers still complain of abuse, threats and lawsuits. Continue reading The Vulnerability Disclosure Process: Still Broken

Ask Hackaday: How Should Hackers Handle IP Agreements?

My buddy Harold recently landed a new job at a great technology company. It came at a perfect time for him, having just been laid off from the corporate behemoth where he’d toiled away as an anonymous cog for 19 years. But the day before he was to start, the new company’s HR folks sent him some last-minute documents to sign. One was a broad and vaguely worded non-compete agreement which essentially said he was barred from working in any related industry for a year after leaving the company.

Harold was tempted not to sign, but eventually relented because one …read more

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