Bug Bounties and Beyond | A Small Group Session with Ryan Ellis (Matt Goerzen)

Bug Bounties and Beyond | A Small Group Session with Ryan Ellis (Matt Goerzen)

By Data & Society Research Institute

Date and time

Thursday, June 14, 2018 · 3 - 4pm EDT

Location

Data & Society Research Institute

36 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011

Description

Ryan Ellis will introduce us to his research on the history of Bug Bounty programs and the complexities these software vulnerability marketplaces create for labor practices. This research will then ground a discussion considering the use of similar models to uncover "bugs" and vulnerabilities in the workings of social media platforms and other socio-technical systems.

Guest: Ryan Ellis; Assistant Professor, Northeastern University Department of Communication Studies

Hosted by Matt Goerzen.

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Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.

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