SiddharthR
TF Legend
Found in Amazon app in my case...🤫
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What if I found a loop hole/bug in/on a company/app and take advantage of it by making their losses?
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AsB
TF Legend
As long as the company hasn't found it, you are good to go.
If the losses are monetary, the company will let you go, as they cannot win legally, unless they had mentioned it in their T & C (very unlikely)
If the losses are extreme, like stealing private information, or trying to hack, the company will sue you
I had a friend during my B.Tech, who would use Uber app to make tons of money - so much that he bought a phone worth Rs 17k , even when he was relying on scholarship money to pay for hostel and University fees. Of course, he used some illegal means, but it wasn't illegal at that time. Also, we were in a Govt. University, so the price wasn't extremely high compared to private ones.
I read somewhere during that same year that a person had found out about a (non IT related) bug in Uber app, by which he could bypass the entire payment page, and get the ride for free. He informed Uber about this, and got free rides for life or for a year (one of them).
So, to be extremely very sure, read their Terms and Conditions about exploitation.
Also, talking about the bug on Amazon, I think many people take advantage of it, and I haven't heard anyone getting dragged to court, so you are good to go. Even there is a Telegram channel about such bugs.
It seems like Telegram is the Swiss Bank of all loopholes of companies.
If the losses are monetary, the company will let you go, as they cannot win legally, unless they had mentioned it in their T & C (very unlikely)
If the losses are extreme, like stealing private information, or trying to hack, the company will sue you
I had a friend during my B.Tech, who would use Uber app to make tons of money - so much that he bought a phone worth Rs 17k , even when he was relying on scholarship money to pay for hostel and University fees. Of course, he used some illegal means, but it wasn't illegal at that time. Also, we were in a Govt. University, so the price wasn't extremely high compared to private ones.
I read somewhere during that same year that a person had found out about a (non IT related) bug in Uber app, by which he could bypass the entire payment page, and get the ride for free. He informed Uber about this, and got free rides for life or for a year (one of them).
So, to be extremely very sure, read their Terms and Conditions about exploitation.
Also, talking about the bug on Amazon, I think many people take advantage of it, and I haven't heard anyone getting dragged to court, so you are good to go. Even there is a Telegram channel about such bugs.
It seems like Telegram is the Swiss Bank of all loopholes of companies.
If the bug is in scope of bug bounty program, depending upon the severity, you will receive a compensation from amazon. Find more here: https://hackerone.com/amazonvrp
Krutik1995
TF Select
What is bug about ? Payment, add money , shopping?
SiddharthR
TF Legend
Shopping (Replacement at free of cost without paying anything)
1. Package damaged in transit (Imp), delivery not possible
2. Called customer care, they create replacement order
3. Cancelled first order & refund received
4. Replacement delivered at free of cost
The bug is that
1) the first order can be cancelled after replacement order created at ₹0.00 by customer care
2) and refund gets issued for first order without cancelling replacement order automatically by the system.
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Krutik1995
TF Select
But how will they agree with package damage ? They will create replacement with pickup of damaged product
SiddharthR
TF Legend
I had not accepted the delivery (The product was damaged in transit) and create replacement through customer care and then just after creating replacement order by them, I cancelled first order and refund was issued automatically by the system. Also the replacement order was not cancelled after cancelling the first order.
This was happened only once with me.
Please comment here if anyone knows any other bug in Amazon or any app.
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Krutik1995
TF Select
Have you ordered non refundable product?
SiddharthR
TF Legend
What is that? You mean to say non-returnable?