Post: Google recruits hackers such as George Hotz for Project Zero
07-16-2014, 03:21 PM #1
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Google has scouted for hackers and have assembled a team to spot critical bugs and exploits for any software - not just Google's. George Hotz, famous for hacking the PS3 and the iPhone, is one of the most popular members of the team to help companies protect their software.

Google has stated that the exploits found will be published to the public and that it will keep track of how long it takes companies to react to the bug report and issue a fix.

Google mentioned that they recruited Hotz as they could see hacking ability and potential, he was even able to hack the companies own Chrome operating system.

What do you think of this? Is posting the exploits public a bad idea? Will Google use any of this to their advantage? Leave a post below!
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07-16-2014, 03:23 PM #2
RTE
Former Staff
w00t nice link in the shoutbox m9 gudwerk

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07-16-2014, 03:25 PM #3
Jimmy
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I think it's a good idea. Happy

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07-16-2014, 04:13 PM #4
JP
Israeli/Palestinian Unity
Well I'm guessing they're going to have it fixed so that the post the exploits online just before they release the fix to make it seem like they fixed it fast when it's probably taken a week or so.
07-16-2014, 05:51 PM #5
Joel
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inb4 Geohot finds the most serious exploit to damage all security keys lol

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07-16-2014, 06:37 PM #6
Alt
Banned
I think its a good idea to use people like that and put them to good use.
07-16-2014, 07:57 PM #7
Originally posted by Alt View Post
I think its a good idea to use people like that and put them to good use.


Hopefully good use. inb4 Google keeps all those exploits a secret and use them to spy on us Gaspkay:

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07-16-2014, 08:04 PM #8
Originally posted by Joel View Post
inb4 Geohot finds the most serious exploit to damage all security keys lol


lol they already found a way to crack rsa encryption keys or higher its just not practical atm and still takes months
07-16-2014, 10:55 PM #9
1MTZ_956
Bounty hunter
Wow that pretty cool I wish I had geohots mind and intuition lol
07-17-2014, 01:22 AM #10
Alt
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Originally posted by 956 View Post
Wow that pretty cool I wish I had geohots mind and intuition lol


I think a lot of people would like that lol.

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