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Comment · 13 years ago

> I am appalled by the lack of respect Andrew Mason gets on Hacker News

It's almost like you haven't been paying attention to a single thing about Groupon for the last couple of years.

You could start here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupon#Reception) but somehow I think that wouldn't matter to you.

Comment · 13 years ago

Please stay far away from the startup scene. You're toxic.

Edit: since the downvotes from assumed sycophants are pouring in, I'm not afraid to defend my position: the story of the Groupon pump and dump is well-known here and criticism has always been widely upvoted. But once the man is right here in our midsts you retreat. This is essentially the same behavior we see over and over of society promoting the psychopath. Others might have short memories but I don't.

Comment · 13 years ago

> As far as I can tell, all major hacks by lulzsec predate the conversion of Sabu

According to wiki, "He later turned informant for the FBI, working with the agency for over ten months to aid them in identifying other hackers from Lulzsec and related groups"

The CIA's website went down June 15th, 2011 (towards the end of the LulzSec campaign) - definitely while Sabu was working for the FBI.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Xavier_Monsegur

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2659326

Comment · 13 years ago

Yes, because domestic spying agencies (or their controlling entities) couldn't possibly have anything to gain by increased control over the web- let's say through legislation, followed by the outcome of events like LulzSec.

Edit: link to old discussion here since this his hard for some people to grasp and make the connections: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2659326

Comment · 13 years ago

Not sure where you're going with this. Care to explain?

Comment · 13 years ago

Yeah, it's interesting that this whole LulzSec thing turned out to be a "false flag psyop" by the FBI. This would mean that while "Sabu" was an informant, many of the hacks performed were sanctioned by the FBI.

Comment · 13 years ago

I agree he seems to be completely proving the parent poster's point along with the one from michaelochurch (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5678332).