---
id: 3597
title: "Ethical considerations of access to the HackerOne community"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/ethical-considerations-access-hackerone-community"
published_at: "2017-05-04T16:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "vulnerability-disclosure", "policy", "hackerone", "ethics", "spyware", "flexispy"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3597"
lang: en
---

# Ethical considerations of access to the HackerOne community

## Summary

HackerOne explains how it decides which organizations may use its platform, prompted by spyware vendor FlexiSPY's attempt to move its bug bounty program there; the post lays out arguments on both sides and its ethical position.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2017-05-04T16:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/ethical-considerations-access-hackerone-community
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3597