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This is extortion, and a crime.
Good luck with that.
Good luck with what?
Beg Bounties (2021)
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Re: Beg Bounties (2021)
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No criticism because teenagers do dumb things, but for anyone else it should be assumed that if you break into a system without permission, benignly or not, you run the risk of getting prosecuted for it.
Threat of prosecution can come even without breaking in. Vengeful and ignorant people will always be a thing. [1] Missouri's governor threatened legal action against a reporter who found SSN were being leaked on a public web page accessible simply by clicking "View Source". The reporter "followed standard protocols for disclosing and reporting on the vulnerability, the governor is treating him as if he attacked the s…
That should have been a carer ending move. According to wikipedia that jackass Mike Parson can't run again and will be replaced (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Missouri_gubernatorial_el...).
I don't have much faith in Missouri to do better with their next election, but I'd be thrilled to be surprised.
Re: Beg Bounties (2021)
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In his email signature he writes that he is a "Microsoft Regional Director". Even thought that is formally correct, in practice it is highly misleading, because it alludes that he works for Microsoft at the highest C/Director level, while in reality he is a mere advisor and this is a vanity title he got. This is very sleezy behavior and way worse than the guy he criticized did.
On his about page, he clearly explains his title: https://www.troyhunt.com/about/ Literally, the first two sentences: I'm Troy Hunt, an Australian Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Developer Security. I don't work for Microsoft, but they're kind enough to recognise my community contributions by way of their award programs which I've been a part of since 2011.
1. Even here he explains is badly.
2. He doesn't explain it at all in his email. This is akin to writing a misleading news title and say that you are innocent because people should not be gullible and believe everything on the Internet, and should do their own research.
3. He purposefully chooses to use that bad title, even though nobody forced him. It was his personal choice to mislead people.
Re: Beg Bounties (2021)
#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
In his email signature he writes that he is a "Microsoft Regional Director". Even thought that is formally correct, in practice it is highly misleading, because it alludes that he works for Microsoft at the highest C/Director level, while in reality he is a mere advisor and this is a vanity title he got. This is very sleezy behavior and way worse than the guy he criticized did.
It's kind of hard to fault Troy here when Microsoft came up with that gem of a name. https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/RD
The original sin is clearly Microsoft's.
But it was Troy's decision to use that misleading title. Nobody forced to him to use it in such a misleading way in his email signature no less! He had so many options he could have written, but hr specifically chose the misleading one.