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Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @10:10AM from the alice-in-wonderland-rules dept.

itwbennett writes "You have to be 18 to qualify for PayPal's bug bounty program, a minor detail that 17-year old Robert Kugler found out the hard way after being denied a reward for a website bug he reported. Curiously, the age guideline isn't in the terms and conditions posted on the PayPal website. Kugler was informed by email that he was disqualified because of his age."

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I could be worse. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @10:15AM (#43840151)

PayPal could have paid into his parent's account, and then froze it.

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Re:Why don't businesses get it? (Score:4, Funny)

by invid ( 163714 ) writes: on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @11:18AM (#43840923)

Only if it also involves a squirrel, a bikini model, and a trebuchet.

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