2016-06-18 7:03
Technology
Alex Lowe

Google is now offering more money for finding Android bugs

Google is now offering more money for finding Android bugs

Google has been offering security rewards for finding security bugs in Android for around a year now and since then the company has paid out more than $550,000 to users for finding major security issues in the Android operating system, until now the average amount of money that Google paid out was $2,200 per reward and then $6,700 per researcher. Now Google is offering people who send in reports more money per security flaw found, presumably to encourage more people to find issues with Android. Google is now giving out between 33 and 50 percent more for any reports found after 1st June 2016.

It isn’t only Android that Google encourages users to find security, other companies such as Ubiquiti and also in other areas of Google such as the Chromium platform. If you’re interested in joining the Android security program, you can sign up here.

Alex Lowe

Google is now offering more money for finding Android bugs

Alex Lowe is the owner and editor of the interface and started the website in 2013. He publishes the majority of the content on the website, hosts the three podcasts and the runs the YouTube channels. Alex has a professional background in computer networking, FWA and WiFi.

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