Google challenges techies to find security bugs in Android 12, will pay up to Rs 7 crore for serious bugs
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Android 12 recently began reaching a handful of phones but in beta and Google now wants your help in finding out bugs.
Android 12 is now available on select phones but in the very initial beta stage. This means it is full of bugs that not only spoil your smartphone experience but can even tamper with the phone's functions and make it unresponsive. And there are chances this build also has some vulnerabilities that affect the security of the OS and the phone. Google now wants techies to find and report these security bugs under the Android Security Rewards Program with rewards of over Rs 7 crore if they find serious bugs. Security researchers who are interested in Google’s bug bounty programme will need to analyse the latest Android 12 Beta 1 and Android 12 Beta 1.1 builds for Pixel devices. In its Android Rewards blog, Google has said that anyone who finds a security vulnerability in the two new Android 12 builds between May 18 and June 18 will be eligible for a 50 per cent bonus over and above the standard payout. The Android Security Rewards Program covers bugs in code that runs on eligible devices and is not already covered by the company’s other reward programmes. The eligible devices, as per Google, for the bug programme are:
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