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Knock me over with a feather. This is not how this kind of story almost always ends:
US airline United has rewarded two hackers who spotted security holes in its website with a million free flight miles each.
The flight provider operates a "bug bounty" scheme that rewards hackers for privately disclosing security flaws rather than sharing them online.
It has given the maximum reward of a million flight miles, worth dozens of trips, to two people.
One security expert said the scheme was a big step forward for online security.
"Schemes like this reward hackers for finding and disclosing problems in the right way. That makes the internet safer for all of us," said security consultant Dr Jessica Barker.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 17 2015, @04:33PM
TSA and no-fly lists and customs search and seizures and rendition and Guantanamo Bay are all parts of a big bundle. The whole damned thing pisses me off. it keeps me on a slow burn - every time I look at a headline, I'm reminded that I'm pissed. And, regardless of your views of any individual involved, the whole "Black Lives Matter" thing is part of that bundle as well.* Police forces have taken the initiative in smothering citizen's rights. It's all part of the huge fecal bundle called "homeland security".
Not every "unarmed black man" is a saint, nor are they all villians. SOME of them deserved what they got - while many others did not.