Teen Becomes First Hacker to Earn $1M Through Bug Bounties

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Post by ohjeez » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 10:34 PM UTC

Teen Becomes First Hacker to Earn $1M Through Bug Bounties
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Post by umvi » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 10:54 PM UTC

I like the picture at the beginning of some CLI novice trying to git push his home directory

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Post by analogmemory » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 10:58 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #2

I like the picture at the beginning of some CLI novice trying to git push his home directory

That reminds me of my idea to create "tech" stock imagery that isn't a joke

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Post by ericmcer » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 11:00 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #2

I like the picture at the beginning of some CLI novice trying to git push his home directory

Who doesn't `git status` their home directory sometimes

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Post by whichIsFunny » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 11:05 PM UTC

analogmemory wrote: post #3

umvi wrote: post #2

I like the picture at the beginning of some CLI novice trying to git push his home directory

That reminds me of my idea to create "tech" stock imagery that isn't a joke

Somehow, I think most stock images are crafted from a position or vantage point of objectively stupid cluelessness. No matter the discipline depicted in stock photos and clip art, it always conveys a total detachment of context, campy corny sentiment and general lack of expertise.

Not so much by accident, but by virtue of catering to clientelle disinterested in accuracy, and with the awareness that all participants (both buyers and sellers) are motivated to reduce costs at all levels of the creative process.

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Post by bardworx » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 11:07 PM UTC

ericmcer wrote: post #4

umvi wrote: post #2

I like the picture at the beginning of some CLI novice trying to git push his home directory

Who doesn't `git status` their home directory sometimes

I do that...and still get embarrassed even though no one is watching.

Personally, I call that a "Brain Fart".

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Post by newman8r » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 11:12 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #2

I like the picture at the beginning of some CLI novice trying to git push his home directory

I like the random nucleotide sequence in the background. super relevant.

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Post by armamut » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 11:15 PM UTC

I definitely do have respect to this guy named Santiago Lopez, while I'm literally twice as old as him.

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Post by yoz-y » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 11:15 PM UTC

This is great, especially that somebody with his skills could probably earn much more working for shady "security" companies.

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Post by JMTQp8lwXL » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 11:17 PM UTC

I wish I had a knack for this type of work. That's quite a bit of cash. I do feel I am a competent software engineer, but understanding data structures and algorithms doesn't necessarily correlate to one's ability to identify security vulnerabilities.