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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has joined the growing number of large organisations and agencies to offer a bug bounty. The program is in an experimental phase and is open to current MIT students and affiliates, and includes a limited number of domains. Those submitting severe bugs will have money dropped into MIT …

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  1. Trevor_Pott Gold badge

    Please find bugs. Please do not do anything which may lead to finding bugs.

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    1. NotBob
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      It's MIT

      The students are expected to be talented and educated to the point that merely sniffing the air in the direction of a network jack will reveal most bugs to them.

      That and teaching them how to deal with unrealistic bosses

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      1. Tom 7
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        Re: It's MIT

        They may be good but they're not that good. It takes 45 years to learn to deal with unrealistic bosses and its called retirement.

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  2. Jered Floyd

    Surely you jest

    "Students wishing to cover the day's beer tab [...]"

    This is the United States we're talking about. As an alum, I assure you that MIT eliminated all alcohol on campus over a decade ago, and even banned it at private parties. Fun is not allowed.

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  3. Herby

    No beer??

    Bummer. College/University life without BEER is terrible. This must be corrected!!

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