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Even given that Vallywag/Gawker is the source cited for this blogspam, the title is still inexcusable. Some spammer who allegedly used to work for Microsoft cr
by kyuu 13y ago
Even given that Vallywag/Gawker is the source cited for this blogspam, the title is still inexcusable.
Some spammer who allegedly used to work for Microsoft created fake FBI/Secret Service entries using Google MapMaker and added his phone # to them, then recorded the calls that were made to him by people thinking they were speaking to the FBI.
Substitute "Microsoft engineer" with "spammer" and "exploits" with "spams".
What's even more ridiculous is that the Gawker piece basically boils down to "spammer: good, Google: evil": http://valleywag.gawker.com/how-a-hacker-intercepted-fbi-and-secret-service-calls-w-1531334747 http://valleywag.gawker.com/how-a-hacker-intercepted-fbi-and...
- rantanplan 13y agoRead the article again. He didn't record the calls made to him. He recorded the calls after he connected them to the correct phone numbers(FBI, SS). The people didn't think they were speaking to the FBI. They were speaking to the FBI.