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Nextcloud stops bug bounty program due to increase of low-effort AI-generated reports (discuss.privacyguides.net)
submitted 18 hours ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Nextcloud has joined a growing list of projects, including Curl, that have ended their bug‑bounty partnerships with HackerOne due to an unmanageable surge of low‑effort, AI‑generated security reports. I received the fol…

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[–] darklamer@feddit.org 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This remains a great mystery to me. As far as I can see, all they achieve is to waste time and resources for everyone involved, including themselves, without creating anything of value to anyone. It's truly baffling.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 10 hours ago

It makes them feel good. Like they done something positive. It's utterly pathetic and I despise these people with no skills, no ability to create anything of their own.