Bugcrowd has launched its Researcher Collaboration feature, designed to facilitate partnerships among security researchers while prioritizing privacy and reducing spam through a unilateral relationship model. The new feature aims to increase creativity, innovation, and learning opportunities by allowing researchers to work together on programs, share knowledge, and build lasting relationships. To set up the feature, users can follow 5 easy steps, which include logging in, setting account settings, choosing friends, controlling collaboration requests, and searching for programs to collaborate on. The feature also includes some key considerations, such as the need for both parties to independently add each other, collaboration not being enabled on VDPs, and private program collaborations requiring mutual invitations and additions.