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How the CIA made Google
- dbingham 9y agoAs a shortcut for those of us who don't have the time to really dig into this right now, could those of you have dug into it answer one question? Is this credible and well sourced?
- chickenfries 9y agoEDIT: Nevermind, it's an old article. Surely, you could just wait until people have had time to read through it all and analyze it. By asking before it can reasonably even be read you're inviting half-baked responses.
- tonfa 9y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12439826 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12439826 (I'm sure there are others tho)
- thecolorblue 9y agoThe article was originally published in 2015. It is reasonable to ask if anyone has read and investigated previously.
- JackFr 9y agoI read it. Very, very low signal to noise. Lots of innuendo, with few specifics. Seems mostly credible -- well known or unsurprising information -- but whispered in hushed tones.
- dave_atx 9y agoThe article is from 2015, and it's tinfoil hat claptrap. Not sure how this made it to the front page.
- subie 9y agoAnd your last comment was from a year ago and one of only three you've made...all of them being related to Google..
- JackFr 9y agoHow deep does it go???!!
- dave_atx 9y agoDamn it, blew my cover!
- fuddcoinn 9y agoThank you for this, subie. The unaware can laugh all they want but the information war is real and HN is quite popular.
- KyeRussell 9y agoHahahah, yeah that’s it mate. Hacker News is on the forefront of the infowars. This article is an absolute joke. The author has terrible reasoning skills. I’m glad to see that this has been flagged.
- owebmaster 9y agoThis is why I check all the comments first, thanks!
- dang 9y agoThis breaks the HN guidelines, which ask to assume good faith and not insinuate astroturfing or shilling unless you have actual evidence. Please don't do this again. No doubt nefarious actions are real but internet users have a far greater tendency to project it onto people who simply have a different view than they do. We all need to guard against this. Endless reams about this at https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20astroturfing https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... if you or anyone want to understand this rule better.
- lerie82 9y agoIt all makes sense now lol
- empath75 9y agoTl;dr; the pentagon and intelligence community funds basic CS research, news at 11.
- JDevlieghere 9y agoThis is why I check the comments first, thanks!
- revmoo 9y agoMight want to read the article.
- owebmaster 9y agoIf you do this to read cynical dismals that don't sum up the content but kind of agree with your believes it should be ok.