Fb father or mother firm Meta is including updates to its bug bounty program for merchandise from its metaverse division Reality Labs, together with its Quest 2, Portal, and Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses, the corporate introduced Friday. The work will play an necessary position in its “journey to assist construct the metaverse,” in accordance to a press launch.
The press launch emphasised that verified Ray-Ban Stories bug submissions are eligible for awards, which it’s hoping will incentivize extra researchers to “analyze the glasses and our different {hardware} gadgets.” The minimal award for locating a bug is $500, and the quantities improve relying on the gadget and the potential affect of the bug found. The most important payout listed is $30,000 however may go even larger on the firm’s discretion, for bugs that might probably lead to well being, security, or privateness dangers.
Meta provided a listing of hypothetical bugs and what the payouts may seem like:
The corporate first established its bug bounty program in 2011 and says it’s been instrumental in serving to it discover and repair bugs, with practically $2 million in awards paid to safety researchers final 12 months alone, in accordance to a blog post from firm safety engineering supervisor Dan Gurfinkel.
The entire checklist of payouts and pointers could be found here.
