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The Bank Job – breaking a mobile banking application

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Re: The Bank Job – breaking a mobile banking application

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Post by saganus »

teknologist wrote: post #35
saganus wrote: post #21

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I wouldn't be so sure of that. Being in Switzerland definitely helps, but still, India being a very big country it wouldn't surprise me if they had some really-bad-guys(TM) mafias capable of hurting people in other countries. Of course, a small thing like this wouldn't necessarily pop up in their radars but still... I guess part of the reason I think this way is because I live in a country where this is a real threat…

> Switzerland I see what you did there.

Ahhh.... yes... damn. Didn't do it on purpose. Sorry about that 0x424242. I am always getting those two mixed up, even in my mother tongue.

:(

I guess the point still stands as I originally intended it though. Again.. sorry for the confusion. Even though I know my geography reasonably well, my mind brings the word and my mouth or fingers say something else.

Re: The Bank Job – breaking a mobile banking application

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Post by rwallace »

wschroed wrote: post #11
icebraining wrote: post #9

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The options aren't just returning it or stealing it, they can simply leave it where it is to avoid the hassle of having to return it. Hence why having a custom of paying a reward might be beneficial for wallet losers in general.

I'd like to feel like people would be ethically and morally motivated to make efforts to do the right thing rather than expect to be rewarded for doing the right thing. Perhaps it is how I was raised, but it seems weird to me that I would turn in a lost wallet with expectation to get something back out of it. This so-called "custom" is not my custom. It actually seems very childish, where one is still in the phase of…

Sure, but if I had heard several news reports of people finding and returning wallets being falsely accused of theft and subjected to serious legal threats, at that point if I saw someone's wallet lying around, I would just ignore it and keep going.

The bug bounty isn't only about the money. It's also the company's way of advertising 'we aren't crazy assholes like those outfits you heard about on the news'.

(Yes, fixing the law would be a good idea. But in the meantime, a bug bounty is the solution.)

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