Just in case anyone missed it, hacker news contained your usual internet spat between a Google employee (pr?) and a crew of disgruntled now-banned publishers (with money owed to them it seems).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7667976 keira On Tue, May 20, 2014, at 01:17 PM, Cody Tarrant wrote: > A quick skim shows criticism of the 'leaks' from both Google *and* > publishers. We can take this as a good sign that we should stow the > tin-foil hat for the time being. (At the very least until Greenwald's > next book.) > > regards > Cody Tarrant > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014, at 05:51 AM, Todd Weiler wrote: > > There's a simpler explanation: a disgruntled AdSense publisher got upset > > with something Google may have done and then tried to exact revenge with > > this. > > > > It's easy to imagine click-bombing to be a real thing and click-bombing > > trolls can easily generate resentment among users, one of whom could be > > motivated to do this. > > > > Best, > > Todd > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014, at 02:18 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I'm sure many of you have seen the recent alleged google > > > adsense leaks from the discussions about whether this is a hoax. > > > > > > The first post to pastebin was on 29 April 2014, and the second (less > > > well-known) post was the following day on the 30 April 2014. > > > > > > Post 1: "I am writing this to leak information to the public..." > > > http://crypto.mm.st/adsense_1.txt > > > > > > > > > Post 2: "I am writing this second part as a response to certain > > > misconceptions..." > > > http://crypto.mm.st/adsense_2.tx[http://crypto.mm.st/adsense_2.txt > > > > > >Many on this list likely share my distrust of Google, however some > > >uncertainty as to the credibility of the claim remains. Does > >anyone > > >have any thoughts on this? > > > > > > -- > > >Duncan > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator > at [email protected]. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
