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Bug bounties: the good and the bad of computer security

The Vergecast

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I'm a Sophware Engineer, and I've Worked at Microsot for a Few Years Now, and I'm Not Sure if It's the End of the World, or Just a Bunch of Smart Hum Devices?

A lot of smart hum devices, i o t devices, have reached ther end of life and of support. Finei understands why these companies are saying, hey, just patching bugs for these things are an ongoing cost that we don't want to support. I'm wondering if, like a bounty system for up dating those platforms wo work for those companies to sort of prolong the life or we've just got to give up on sort of the innereut of things. You hit a point where you have a million interconnected, vulnerable n points, and nobody wants to pay to support them....

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