Google is shutting down its Google Play Security Reward Program later this month

Summary

  • Major tech giants like Google pay researchers for finding vulnerabilities in their products.

  • Google is shutting down the Google Play Security Reward Program on August 31, 2024.

  • It will review all submitted reports before the program ends, though payouts can take a few weeks.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Seems kind of weird to me that they want to shut down a program because it worked too well. “we don’t want to pay people to find problems because we don’t have to pay them as much lately”