Open testaccountcowin opened 3 years ago
This is a good question. I am also looking for that. Created an issue: https://github.com/cowinapi/developer.cowin/issues/355
Isn't it illicit to run a booking system that bridges OTPs and automates captchas? The past has it indeed and makes me wonder if developers should, anymore, open such systems (even if they build, that is) to the general public.
That's not how software solutions should work. Let;'s take the software industry for example - 1) They run bug bounty programs to understand what are the loopholes within their systems. 2) Whitehat hackers provide a 30 or 60 day window to companies in order to patch their vulnerability before they make such vulnerability public.
Without such mechanisms, there will always be illegal operations taking advantage of such loopholes for money. I for one believes that as long as people who have used such scripts for themselves and their loved ones are not guilty. While people who charge others to book a slot using such mechanisms are.
The key difference here being - making money using such means is illegal, doing it for free to save someone's life is not.
Very edifying! Though philanthropic, is it mandatory to open source such software? To rephrase it, does making it available as a freeware (and not open source) hurt the legality aspect?
What is the whitehat process that folks should follow in order to submit code/working prototype that automates OTP and bypasses captcha?