I won't bother hunting and reporting more Sony zero-days, because all I'd get is a lousy t-shirt

I won't bother hunting and reporting more Sony zero-days, because all I'd get is a lousy t-shirt
It's 2019. Should billion-dollar corps do better than offer swag for vulns?
February 5, 2019
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/05/sony_tshirt_bounty/

 

At the same time, Sony didn't ask him to pentest their site.

As if one day I decide to become a vigilante hunting criminals and expect the victims to repay me..

 

Check out http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/did-main-verb-base-form-or-past-tense-form https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/sim_past.htm

Idk if they have an active bug bounty or not, but even if they don't, they're rich, and him finding a vulnerability is certainly worth at least a few k (and probably much more if someone abused it, depending on the vulnerability)
The shareholders, don't quote me on that, but I think they'll still be able to feed their children after they pay the guy

 

@Floyd 57 lazy to correct the auto-typing of my phone.

Sure they could, but this is another case of attention-seeker whiner who goes public because he didnt get enough gratitude from daddy Sony .. He got it! an awesome T-shirt!!! It is a Collector edition

What else he wanted? Cash? He Should have asked first.

Lucky him, I know some companies that would sue him for that...

If someone break my house lock and wait I get home to tell my lock is weak, believe me, it will not be gratitude I will show him...

 

It is Internet. Behaviors, reality is substantially different here.
I also don't think analogy is that much accurate. I would compare this to finding through binoculars weak locks (in case of private home) or test locks in publicly available spaces (shops etc). Then selling or even sharing for free that information to people/general public. You just don't need to know whether they are criminals or home owners or locksmith who want to advertise to their potential customers. Contacting home owner first is just good will/responsive disclosure.

 

Private property is private property. Real or virtual.

 

Where exactly copyright rights were infringed?