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Comment by andreyf | Hacker News Reader

That's the kind of retaliation I can get behind whole-heartedly :-)

Yeah, there would likely be a real net-positive to corporations trying to damage each other's credibilities via security disclosures. (No sarcasm - I believe it).

Unless, the retaliation is done by the NSA where they don't want any more of their precious 0 days getting leaked.

NSA guy #1: "Hey, Fred, Google released another Microsoft zero day. Those things cost us millions to buy. Can we punish Google somehow?"

NSA guy #2: "Sure, let's release our Google zero day!"

#1: "Oh, but didn't we spend millions on that?"

#2: "Yeah, but it'll really screw up Google!"

#1: "Okay, do it."

Google: "Oh my, thanks for pointing out that exploit. We're so glad the NSA is getting back to its mandate to alert American companies and organizations when it had identified security holes. And....fixed. Let us know if you find any more!"

Google Project Zero: burning NSA budgets since 2014!

pretty sure they can afford it ;)

Why else do you think the US needs a 10% military budget increase?

Thanks NSA! Where do you want us to send the bounty award to?

No need, it's already been debited from your account.

I feel like you might be sarcastic, but I really do think so.

No sarcasm, I think so too.

If they can't manage to fix a severe security hole within 90 days, I'd say that they deserve to have their credibility destroyed.

I'm with GP on that we need more programs like project zero.

We are going to make the world a better place out of petty spite!

Yes, I'll happily support Microsoft finding bugs in all the Android devices on the market. No to mention it would be paid work anyway, considering the billions of dollars a year Microsoft is making extracting royalties for bogus patents from Android OEMs.

Please get angry and do it Microsoft! Show Google how it's done.

The sad part is that the majority of Android users won't see those fixes anyway.

That would be really really bad considering none of the Android OS get any update ever.

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