Will Mozilla's $3,000 bug bounty make Firefox secure? | Linux Today

Will Mozilla’s $3,000 bug bounty make Firefox secure?

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SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Jul 20, 2010

“Mozilla is increasing the amount it pays security researchers
for bugs from $500 up to $3,000. I personally think that’s a very
good thing.

“There has long been a debate about whether or not vendors
should pay for security flaws. In my view, the flaws are going to
be discovered whether or not a vendor is paying for them. The
question is how they will be disclosed and whether or not those
flaws will end up putting millions of users at risk – or not.”


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