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Comment by neilv

> Threat actors buy vulnerabilities that fit into existing business processes

Isn't there a market for this? For example, "Reveal who is behind this account that's criticizing our sketchy company/government, so we can neutralize them".

I'll also argue there's separate incentives, than the market value to threat actors... Although a violent stalker of an online personality might not be a lucrative market for a zero-day exploit for this "threat actor" market, the vulnerability is still a liability (and ethical) risk for the company that could negligently disclose the identity of target to violent stalker.

IMHO, if you're paying well a gazillion Leetcode performance artists, to churn out massive amounts of code with imperfect attention to security, then you should also pay well the people who help you catch and fix their gazillion mistakes, before bad things happens.

parent neilv 1 year ago

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