How exactly is it lying? Microsoft did pay a $100k bounty to a hacker. The HN headline just leaves out extra details (what the bounty was for), but doesn't change the meaning at all. Am I missing something?
No, they paid US$100k to a white-hat, someone who struggles against black-hat hackers. If a headline can't distinguish between white hats and black hats, educated writers normally add some words to clarify their meaning -- and they did. But the submitter omitted those words. Hence, lying.
So "hacker" to you means Middle East or third world? You do realize you're on a site called "Hacker News", right? There are hacker conventions held all around the Western world.
Your mock headline would be more accurate if it said "physicist models higgs boson". Hacker is a perfectly valid job title for a security researcher.
Isn't that rather racist? You assume that if the person isn't being called an "expert" then he's from Pakistan? Are you trying to imply that security researchers in Pakistan are third rate?
PS: A security researcher from Pakistan has been bagging a lot of Bug Bounties recently. Look up news on Rafay Baloch
lutusp|12 years ago
No, they paid US$100k to a white-hat, someone who struggles against black-hat hackers. If a headline can't distinguish between white hats and black hats, educated writers normally add some words to clarify their meaning -- and they did. But the submitter omitted those words. Hence, lying.
sergiotapia|12 years ago
See the difference? The title is BS. I expected a guy from Pakistan or somewhere third world finding the bug.
freehunter|12 years ago
Your mock headline would be more accurate if it said "physicist models higgs boson". Hacker is a perfectly valid job title for a security researcher.
xerophtye|12 years ago
PS: A security researcher from Pakistan has been bagging a lot of Bug Bounties recently. Look up news on Rafay Baloch