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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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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 9 points 10 hours ago

The people doing this feel like it was their doing because they control the machine basically. This craving to produce something is strong in the ones who have no skills of their own. That's why these PRs only ever come from absolutely incompetent buffoons.