Just over two years ago, a triumvirate of security researchers – Charlie Miller, Alex Sotirov, and Dino Dai Zovi – announced what they hoped would become an internet meme: “No more free bugs.”
Their argument was that non-aligned security researchers who find security-related bugs ought to be paid for disclosing them to the relevant vendor. No money, no report.
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
              

 
  
  
  
                   
         
         
        
 
         
        
 
         
        