On: Show HN: Steal My Bitcoin

[DetroitThrow]

This is the CEO of ToB. It makes total sense why he'd not want to share his proof of concept.

[xmcp123 → DetroitThrow]

Expand on that acronym for us

[pants2 → xmcp123]

Trail of Bits is a well-known security research and audit firm

[gnabgib → pants2]

And a lead on Patch the Planet https://openai.com/index/patch-the-planet/

[malfist → gnabgib]

I can't possibly think of any conflicts of interest there.

[gewetensleegte → malfist]

Indeed, particularly none of the type that might be worth more than $500 (or by now, $2000).

[xmcp123 → pants2]

Thanks! Appreciated.

[otterley → DetroitThrow]

Do you think CEOs never lie?

[blalala → DetroitThrow]

Nobody cares. The patches are public.

He doesn’t have anything that could generically target random websites and achieve shell. He may have something that works in a controlled lab environment, under specific conditions he controls. Or he might have something that relies on other, undisclosed vulnerabilities. Those things are not the same ;)

[vntok → blalala]

Please don't affirm things that you perfectly know you don't know.

[blalala → vntok]

Don’t worry about me, what I know or don’t know ;)

[Dormeno → blalala]

I'm worried!