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What's interesting is how the story completely failed to make the news in the English-speaking net for several days. The story broke on Tuesday (CET), outside G
by sumlogp 10y ago
What's interesting is how the story completely failed to make the news in the English-speaking net for several days. The story broke on Tuesday (CET), outside Germany it was only picked up by ghacks until now...
- r721 10y agoGhacks is shadowbanned on HN for some reason. I vouched for this particular story, but it didn't get traction :( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12850214 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12850214
- sumlogp 10y agoI don't think I've ever consciously visited their site, so no idea how well ghacks ranks as a source... The story was curiously absent from HN and any other site I frequent, so I checked Google and as of yesterday it only found ghacks outside the German bubble.
- user5994461 10y agoCould be because of the title: "Your browsing history may have been sold already" It's not remotely comparable to the situation. "WOT addon is banned from browsers after selling users history to the highest bidder."
- cooper12 10y agoPlease don't use the word "retarded" as a casual adjective. It's a pejorative term historically used for people with intellectual disabilities. Thanks for understanding.