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What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?

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Re: What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?

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The NDA is not a valid contract because there is no consideration. For a contract to be valid each party has to gain something. This is why many contracts include a token consideration of $1. This one didn't, so it's invalid.

What about NDAs for interviews? What am I gaining (a chance at getting a job doesn't seem like a gain)?

The government taxes you for stock options (which are opportunities to gain profits).

A chance for employment (over an outright dismissal) is a recognizable gain.

You are however, free to decline with the appropriate consequences.

Re: What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?

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Tell us what bank so we can avoid them.

I don't think it's HSBC, but they do similarly horrific stuff. Almost all banks have a truly terrible online service. I'm a happy user of N26. I very, very highly recommend it to all european customers. I'm never dealing with shitty bank service again. https://n26.com/ (Email me if you want a referral invite).

N26 had some of the worst security until a researcher came along. See https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-7969-shut_up_and_take_my_money

Re: What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?

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Tell us what bank so we can avoid them.

I don't think it's HSBC, but they do similarly horrific stuff. Almost all banks have a truly terrible online service. I'm a happy user of N26. I very, very highly recommend it to all european customers. I'm never dealing with shitty bank service again. https://n26.com/ (Email me if you want a referral invite).

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Re: What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?

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This deserves more than an upvote. This is exactly the right attitude. It puts the incentives in the right place and will let the market do what she does best: work.

Better yet: Short their stock, then write a scary blog post about the problem.

I feel like someone would try to sue over such an action, but would they have any ground to stand on?

Re: What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?

#70
In Germany you can contact the CCC to walk you through the process of reporting vulns like this one. I'm sure the EFF does similar things for US citizens. A quick Google search brought up this FAQ: Coders' Rights Project Vulnerability Reporting FAQ (https://www.eff.org/issues/coders/vulnerability-reporting-fa...)
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