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That's not a justification for punishing white hats.

In the meantime, until we can make this understood, we need to make the workaround understood: if you find a security flaw in a system you don't own, and you haven't been formally hired for the specific purpose of finding that flaw, ignore it and get on with your life; it's not your problem. Going out of your way to help people in normal circumstances is noble. Going out of your way to help people who will reward you with a knife in the back is a mistake. Don't make that mistake.



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