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Kudos to Christopher Soghoian[1] for releasing the email[2] instead of accepting the offer for cash + high-profile smear publication. It makes you wonder about
by klochner 15y ago
Kudos to Christopher Soghoian[1] for releasing the email[2] instead of accepting the offer for cash + high-profile smear publication.
It makes you wonder about the existing op-eds slamming social circles[3,4,5]
[1] http://www.dubfire.net/
[2] http://pastebin.com/zaeTeJeJ
[3] http://www.switched.com/2010/08/09/google-shows-off-how-well-it-knows-your-social-circle/
[4] http://marketing.about.com/b/2011/03/31/google-wants-you-to-1.htm
[5] http://librarianbyday.net/2010/03/30/googles-social-circle-social-search-may-not-violate-any-privacy-laws-but-it-gives-me-the-creeps/
- erikpukinskis 15y agoShit, it was Christopher Soghoian? Whoever thought that he would participate in a pay-for-editorial job should be fired. Actually, they have almost certainly already been fired. He's practically built a career on exposing corporate bullshit. If they bothered to read his wikipedia page, they'd note that he has a history of releasing private corporate correspondance that is sent to him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Soghoian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Soghoian
- markbao 15y agoThe scary part about this is that Facebook had to screw up this bad to get caught. If they didn't make this blunder, it probably would have worked and nobody would have knew a thing. Which is probably what happens 99% of the other times.
- phlux 15y agoWouldn't it be sweet if they did know about his reputation and specifically sent this to him so that Facebook would be found out. Cool - this idea is being downvoted, maybe you misunderstood my point? If an employee of facebook specifically sought to submit this to this particular reporter knowing that it may result in exposure of this plan to the world... I hate being downvoted without an explanation. What is wrong with this idea?
- sesqu 15y agoThe mail wasn't sent by a Facebook employee, it was sent by a PR firm. You know, someone who, by definition, would not do that.
- phlux 15y agoYou are correct, though the scenario could still be true in that the PR firm could feign naivete in knowing that the reporter would do this, if so - then brilliant play...
- merraksh 15y agoBut hasn't the PR firm lost their face too? If the PR had an intent (expose FB's tactics), I wonder if they could have done it differently.
- Johngibb 15y agoWow - I'd never heard of this guy before. What an amazing track record, thanks for linking!
- billybob 15y agoDollars or street cred - I wonder which the blogger will choose? :)