On: 0day Contest for End-of-Life Devices Announced

[londons_explore]

> - You are not under any restrictions or sanctions from the US.

Can we make this a condition of giving any prizes, rather than of entry to the competition? This restriction affects literally 200 + million people.

[drclegg → londons_explore]

It's more likely to cover the organizers legally.

I imagine no-one wants to be on the receiving end of "You are accused of actively encouraging Iranian / Russian / <insert other sanctioned state here> hackers to identify exploitable security vulnerabilities in appliances owned and operated by Americans; how do you plead?"

[tonetegeatinst → londons_explore]

Wouldn't the legal definition of "restriction" also include the laws covering computers etc?

A technicality but one could argue that if the law is the only barrier to exploiting something then the vulnerability needs to be fixed and proven, which a US citizen can not do.

[throwaway48476 → londons_explore]

How likely is it that a sanctioned individual shows up for an event in Washington DC?

[dghlsakjg → londons_explore]

This is likely a restriction that applies whether or not they put it in the terms and conditions.