I paid for a clean GitHub-aged account just to participate in a private bug bounty that required some dev reputation. No commits needed, just that quiet “member since” badge and a few stars from the past owner did the trick. Slid right into the program without raising eyebrows. Reported a token misconfiguration within 48 hours and pocketed my first bounty in that round. Felt like digital stealth mode, no noise, just pure access. Didn’t even touch my main alias. Love how smooth this entry vector was - sometimes it’s not about hacking systems but about hacking appearances. Five stars just for that edge.