The concern of mobile phone companies is undoubtedly growing with respect to the care of the privacy of its users, after that during the year 2017 this type of episodes saw an alarming increase.
Recall that there were several hacking attacks that practically hijacked the data of computers, while social networks like Instagram saw danger of the information of the famous users with verified accounts, where Selena Gomez was one of the victims.
Samsung Launches Vulnerability Reward Program
In the face of these concerns, the Samsung company, which is originally from South Korea, has announced the implementation of the so-called bug rewards program where ostentatious monetary rewards are offered to those specialists who report system vulnerabilities that may endanger the users.
It should be noted that the company Samsung has been implementing a system of payments for cell phone, coupled with the fact that all Android operating systems allow us to buy music, digital books, applications or different games through the use of debit cards and even credit which must have excellent protection to gain the confidence of users.
The amount of money offered as a reward varies depending on the importance of errors encountered and the amount of information that the user provides to the company, starting from a base of $ 200 dollars to the maximum of $ 200 000 dollars that the company has pointed out.
The Samsung company probably took the idea of other companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google or Facebook, which offer similar and even higher rewards.
In order to claim an award you will have to find security errors on the Galaxy S, Galaxy Note, Galaxy A, Galaxy J or Galaxy Tab devices. Also included in the program are the new devices recently launched as the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, S8 and S8 +.
What do you think about the new initiative of the company Samsung? Do you think it will be useful or do people who find mistakes use them to get bigger benefits privately?