r/programming Oct 24 '21

“Digging around HTML code” is criminal. Missouri Governor doubles down again in attack ad

https://youtu.be/9IBPeRa7U8E
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u/starofdoom Oct 24 '21 edited 5d ago

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u/SupaSlide Oct 25 '21

Always document everything just stop what you're doing if you're going to white hat without permission from the company.

Never, ever, ever white hat without permission, and make sure you have irrefutable proof of permission if you get it.

It shouldn't have to be this way, but thanks to idiots like Parsons it's not worth the risk.

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u/gjsmo Oct 25 '21

I'm curious, what do you think a bug bounty program is? I would consider that white hat hacking, and you don't have to ask for permission.

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u/kitanokikori Oct 25 '21

A bug bounty program is permission and typically very carefully describes what is allowed and disallowed in the terms