Adblock sells out -- refuses to identify the buyer Adblock extension with 40 million users sells to mystery buyer, refuses to name new owner
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/10/02/trust-us-we-block-ads/ What's strange is that the company won't disclose who it's been sold to, why it was sold, or how much it was sold for. For the extension's claimed 40 million users this raises an interesting question: Can the extension continue to be trusted if the new proprietor is entirely anonymous? TNW contacted Adblock's remaining staff to ask if they'd disclose the buyer but the company refused, saying that the purchaser had specifically asked not to be named. The only thing the team would tell us is that the tool's creator Michael Gundlach will no longer have any relationship with the company -- that probably means he's cashed out. - - - As you'll recall, this is the extension that requires most firms to pay extortion to bypass the extension's blocking. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
