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by tptacek 2524 days ago
In general, yes. For warning the public about your hacked site feeding malware to visitors, no, we can evaluate that directly and see that it is not a valid basis for a grudge.
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as someone that is right now locked out of their work email account because google aren't able to fingerprint my browser, and are demanding a telephone number to restore access til I get to the office again

and who has been locked out on holidays multiple time in the last 2 years with similar effect, only that an SMS would not reach me...

these are not the only shitty things in my existence brought by google.

perhaps then, the author is entitled to have a grudge for another reason.

futhermore:

if grudges are so bad, then the opposite: what of endless cheerleading for the status quo - are motives there also questionable?

Bias may exist but it is only relevant on non-factual opinions or factual opinions that can't be independently reproduced or verified.
And a lot of Epstein's research cannot be independently verified.