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> They also classified the issue as a “Fraud and abuse” issue, rather than an Oauth/login issue.

I can _kinda_ see that, I agree they should mitigate it as best as possible too though, especially since they're Google after all.

> I thought this would be the end of the story, but 3 months later, they re-opened my ticket (after my Shmoocon talk was accepted), paid a $1337 bounty, and said they were working on a fix.

Sad how the only way to get Google's attention to make enough noise about something...






$1337 is a very curious amount. Surely, someone was being clever???

yeah, google likes to have fun with the Bug Bounty program. See: https://bughunters.google.com/about/rules/google-friends/662...

it's funny that all of the soul has not been sucked out of the entire company

It's leetspeak

It spells "leet" - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

You're too young to have used BBSes :)


What are you on about? You clearly missed the sarcasm.

Your comment didn't seem obviously sarcastic. Intent is hard to convey over text.



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