Google Paying Up to $1337 for Chrome Bugs
Are you l33t enough to score the $1337?
The Google Chrome browser has been a choice of PC users for some time, and as of recently it's become an option for Linux and Mac users. The related Chromium project, the open source side to Chrome, has opened up a bounty system similar to Mozilla's to interest security researchers to encourage bug squashing.
Here are some of the details from the Q&A in Google's blog post:
Q) What reward might I get?
A) As per Mozilla, our base reward for eligible bugs is $500. If the panel finds a particular bug particularly severe or particularly clever, we envisage rewards of $1337. The panel may also decide a single report actually constitutes multiple bugs. As a consumer of the Chromium open source project, Google will be sponsoring the rewards.
Q) What bugs are eligible?
A) Any security bug may be considered. We will typically focus on High and Critical impact bugs, but any clever vulnerability at any severity might get a reward. Obviously, your bug won't be eligible if you worked on the code or review in the area in question.
Q) What about bugs present in Google Chrome but not the Chromium open source project?
A) Bugs in either build may be eligible. In addition, bugs in plugins that are part of the Chromium project and shipped with Google Chrome by default (e.g. Google Gears) may be eligible. Bugs in third-party plugins and extensions are ineligible.
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lol, 1337
Heheh, good news, they have geeks in the marketing dept over at Google.
Misleading title much?
I thought Google got into some kind of lawsuit or something, not that this was a contest.
Misleading title much?I thought Google got into some kind of lawsuit or something, not that this was a contest.
A lawsuit for less then 1500$ dollars? Really?
A lawsuit for less then 1500$ dollars? Really?
Yeah, coulda been a hacker who found some loophole or something and scammed them out of an amusing amount of money.
Remember the incident where Dell underpriced their nice monitors at a dirt cheap price?
cheap lawsuit if it was $1337
Sell the bug to any anti-virus software company may get pay more than $1300. lol
This is SMART. This is cheap considering hiring a full time employee to find these bugs is way more expensive.
I seriously LOL'd
I only saw 1337 and thought of leet.. dam internet influence D:!
1337 is good but..
^+1 twu
Smart move from google, and nice to see that despite all the billions they've made, the schoolyard geek spirit is still alive at Google's
Wait what?! I get cash just for telling them about a bug? This makes me very happy, as even the base amount would help me VERY much.
Smart move from google, and nice to see that despite all the billions they've made, the schoolyard geek spirit is still alive at Google's
We love Google for our own reasons, and for me, this is certainly one of them. =D
Wait what?! I get cash just for telling them about a bug? This makes me very happy, as even the base amount would help me VERY much.
I think you need to show them the bug. ie. Point out the code flaw.
i dont know why .... but i cant stop thinking of bugs bunny .....
time to get lee7 and get $1337
I like Chrome and use it on my Windows rig because of security (sandbox tabs) but I still like and use Firefox on my Linux rig and use Adblock and Noscript add ons with it.
How did they come up with a weird 1337 amount?
Q: How do you get your rewards?
A: You have to figure the bug in our payment system first.
@cookoy
1337 = Leet as in Elite, as in "Leet Speak".
Check an urban dictionary site.
I love that, $1337. I think it will generate some extra interest for hackers to say they got a 1337 award from google
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I think it is cheaper for Google and Mozilla, to create a basic software and let others handle the bugs... that way the operating budget of Chrome department could be cut down from 100million to 20million and 1million for the bug finders... the price should be at least $10K damn it
How soon before people figure out how they can game the system? It will take a developer/hacker, and a his accomplice. Develop the code get the buggered code checked in and deployed by the accomplice, and now report the bug. Now claim the money, and give a cut to accomplice. Wow now we've got an incentive to get lots of buggered code and lots of people to contribute. Lovely!
How soon before people figure out how they can game the system? It will take a developer/hacker, and a his accomplice. Develop the code get the buggered code checked in and deployed by the accomplice, and now report the bug. Now claim the money, and give a cut to accomplice. Wow now we've got an incentive to get lots of buggered code and lots of people to contribute. Lovely!
With the salary at Google close to 100k for a developer and I'd assume like any other company there's a QA dept.
http://www.payscale.com/research/U [...] ary/by_Job
So... You'd risk loosing a great career for shots at a low amount of money. If they see a large amount of bugs sourcing from one developer it would raise some concerns. Bleh, then again, people do not necessarily think that way.