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1. john_strinlai · 1790784441 · focus · HN ↗

   >Microsoft had editorial control over this post, cutting sections and figures and reshaping how the impact is described before publication.

   that is... not great. shame on microsoft.

   its actions like that which shed light on why we get the nighmare eclipses of the world. pressuring a kid into handing over full editorial control of a disclosure is gross.

   1. rkagerer · 1790785640 · focus · HN ↗

      Love to hear more on the motivation for agreeing to this.

      e.g. The $5000? Amnesty from being sued?

      1. srdjanr · 1790786121 · focus · HN ↗

         Also he's 16. I'd definitely be less willing to push back (especially on something like this) at his age

         1. 0x1ch · 1790794686 · focus · HN ↗

            At that age in the mid 2000s, I would be foaming at the mouth to tell a FANG company to eat dirt over something like a disclosure + unpaid bounty. But if he got the money and didn't negotiate... You live and you learn.

            1. xeromal · 1790806673 · focus · HN ↗

               iamverybadass

               1. 0x1ch · 1790810444 · focus · HN ↗

                  Well yeah. Why else would you tell off a massive company in the FANG circle as a budding security researcher in their teens.

                  1. drfloyd51 · 1790810997 · focus · HN ↗

                     A good move is to negotiate in good faith. You show you can’t be pushed around and you are able to be civil. And most importantly, you know your worth.

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