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AdSense leaker rebuts Google's denial, claims to hold proof

21 points by mkempe 13y ago

sillysaurus3 13y ago
For those who have a difficult time believing my information I ask you to simply ask Google and their representatives the right questions related to my first release of information. Force them to answer those questions specifically. Ask them “is there a VIP status for publishers”, ask them “why do account bans always seem to occur just before payouts”, ask them “why do you fail to provide reasons and evidence of your allegations against publishers”. Keep asking such questions, keep digging, and you will come to find out by yourselves that everything I have stated is completely true. Like many have said, it will be difficult for them to hide it now. This reads a bit too conspiratorial, I think. Damning implications usually have benign explanations. It's a transparency problem: Google isn't transparent about its actions, so that fosters an environment where people are inclined to want to believe this kind of story. But until there's some solid evidence, there's really no reason to assume it's true.
- therobot24 13y ago
  yea this smells of BS, the first line had me skeptical. > "I have communications. I have documents, I have files, I have lists, and I have names. I have all of it. Like I said from the beginning, I have carefully waited and carefully planned everything out."
  - greenyoda 13y ago
    Actually, it sounds a lot like Snowden's strategy when he was collecting the NSA's internal documents.
Gustomaximus 13y ago
This feels like a Reddit 'I've found a safe post' that we'll never get the second installment. I do wonder if it is someone just trying to create attention for the sake of it. What doesn't add up for me; Why would Google do this? Sure they can avoid paying a payout one time and then they have permanently lost that sites traffic. The is no benefit to doing what he says other than the extremely short term. And it's hard to believe anyone but a single rogue employee could think like that. It it was true it's a hell of a story but I won't vote up this post until I see some evidence that it's more than a well written troll post.

21 points by mkempe 13y ago

For those who have a difficult time believing my information I ask you to simply ask Google and their representatives the right questions related to my first release of information. Force them to answer those questions specifically. Ask them “is there a VIP status for publishers”, ask them “why do account bans always seem to occur just before payouts”, ask them “why do you fail to provide reasons and evidence of your allegations against publishers”. Keep asking such questions, keep digging, and you will come to find out by yourselves that everything I have stated is completely true. Like many have said, it will be difficult for them to hide it now. This reads a bit too conspiratorial, I think. Damning implications usually have benign explanations. It's a transparency problem: Google isn't transparent about its actions, so that fosters an environment where people are inclined to want to believe this kind of story. But until there's some solid evidence, there's really no reason to assume it's true.

therobot24 13y ago
yea this smells of BS, the first line had me skeptical. > "I have communications. I have documents, I have files, I have lists, and I have names. I have all of it. Like I said from the beginning, I have carefully waited and carefully planned everything out."
- greenyoda 13y ago
  Actually, it sounds a lot like Snowden's strategy when he was collecting the NSA's internal documents.

Gustomaximus 13y ago

This feels like a Reddit 'I've found a safe post' that we'll never get the second installment. I do wonder if it is someone just trying to create attention for the sake of it. What doesn't add up for me; Why would Google do this? Sure they can avoid paying a payout one time and then they have permanently lost that sites traffic. The is no benefit to doing what he says other than the extremely short term. And it's hard to believe anyone but a single rogue employee could think like that. It it was true it's a hell of a story but I won't vote up this post until I see some evidence that it's more than a well written troll post.