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Microsoft wouldn't look at a bug report without a video. Researcher maliciously complied.
(go.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
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The most likely explanation for requesting a video is to weed out low quality AI-generated "vulnerability" submissions that hallucinate code that doesn't compile or APIs that don't exist. In that context a 1 minute video showing that the report is viable is not much to ask for.
Maybe in some cases. But I've been requested by Google support to provide a video for a very simple and clear issue we were having. We have a contract with them and we personally brought up the issue to a Google employee during a call. There was no concern of AI generated bullshit, but they still wouldn't respond without a video. So maybe there's more to this trend than what you're theorizing.
I cant beleive google would be so shitty to its paying customers! Can you provide video of this interaction?
You can excuse the genocides of uyghurs and tibetans but misspellings are unforgivable huh?
Your illiteracy is a fact, unlike your wild, politically motivated claims.
Have you considered that you may be a hallucinating AI yourself?... Quick, try drawing a full glass of wine!
I can understand if the reporter is new, or unknown, maybe submitting a lot of videos at once. The guy from the article is a vulnerability expert that's been working in that role at Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's CERT Coordination Center since 2004. I think he gets a pass on the "submitting fake reports for internet clout" front.
The bullshit managers that automate all systems are to blame