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Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

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Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

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Post by shadowgovt »

techrat wrote: post #28
Lammy wrote: post #4

Impressive how they managed to nail seven underlings for doing it (five plead guilty; two went to trial[0]) but not CEO Devin Wenig for ordering[1] it, instead giving him a $57 million golden parachute straight into GM's Cruise. I wonder if Wenig being CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets from 2008 to 2011 has any effect on the way Reuters reports on this eBay scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Wenig [0]: https:/…

Rich people don't go to jail.

Mostly because rich people can pay someone else to mail cockroaches to their enemies instead of getting their own hands dirty.

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

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Post by vmception »

mynameishere wrote: post #11
pmoriarty wrote: post #3

It's stalking and harassment incidents like these that I'm reminded of any time someone tells me they've got nothing to hide.

any time someone tells me they've got nothing to hide. Has anyone ever actually uttered that particular strawman argument to you? I think it may be the second most commonly used one.

fascinating rebuttal, so because you - a random account - didn't notice it before, it must be a strawman argument.

I don't really understand the utility of going that direction? Like, are you advocating for something in particular such as anti-privacy measures or are really just independently unaware that people would say something while that's fascinating enough to you that it would be a fictional argument that you feel undermine "pro-privacy" talking points

Its just hard to see why it would bother you enough to invalidate it

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

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Post by shadowgovt »

pmoriarty wrote: post #3

It's stalking and harassment incidents like these that I'm reminded of any time someone tells me they've got nothing to hide.

Interestingly, I can't tell if you mean the stalkers should have less privacy or the stalkees should have more privacy (so they don't get targeted for stalking).

Privacy is a tool. Its benefits can help or harm.

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

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Post by javajosh »

techrat wrote: post #28
Lammy wrote: post #4

Impressive how they managed to nail seven underlings for doing it (five plead guilty; two went to trial[0]) but not CEO Devin Wenig for ordering[1] it, instead giving him a $57 million golden parachute straight into GM's Cruise. I wonder if Wenig being CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets from 2008 to 2011 has any effect on the way Reuters reports on this eBay scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Wenig [0]: https:/…

Rich people don't go to jail.

"Rich people don't go to jail" is a tautology masquerading as cynicism. In a world where nothing happens unless it's paid for, then it follows that more happens when there is more money involved. This includes criminal defense, where more money means more defensive moves which, in general, means a better defense.

For the record, I think this is a strong argument for a world where things happen despite you not paying for them, and to level the playing field (spending) in a few key areas, like legal defense and political speech. Imagine if even rich people were forced to use the public defender; you would see an immediate improvement in their quality!

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

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Post by NavinF »

acomjean wrote: post #9

I've been following this a little. I grew up near the Massachusetts town where this occurred (Its a pretty non-descript suburban town). So that fact that a big company and high up executives decided to target a very home spun news letter, is just crazy. Its like something went off the rails. Ars has pretty good coverage. The harassment was bizarre and threatening: sending roaches and pig masks is just the wierd start…

Anyone got a link to the newsletter?

I'm really curious what the eBay execs found so offensive.

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

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Post by acomjean »

NavinF wrote: post #38
acomjean wrote: post #9

I've been following this a little. I grew up near the Massachusetts town where this occurred (Its a pretty non-descript suburban town). So that fact that a big company and high up executives decided to target a very home spun news letter, is just crazy. Its like something went off the rails. Ars has pretty good coverage. The harassment was bizarre and threatening: sending roaches and pig masks is just the wierd start…

Anyone got a link to the newsletter? I'm really curious what the eBay execs found so offensive.

Based on the name it would be:

https://www.ecommercebytes.com

it still contains the authors names on the posts and on the about page.

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

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Post by pessimizer »

Lammy wrote: post #4

Impressive how they managed to nail seven underlings for doing it (five plead guilty; two went to trial[0]) but not CEO Devin Wenig for ordering[1] it, instead giving him a $57 million golden parachute straight into GM's Cruise. I wonder if Wenig being CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets from 2008 to 2011 has any effect on the way Reuters reports on this eBay scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Wenig [0]: https:/…

It's like Bridgegate. The way these people become powerful is by being smart enough to both delegate crime and never write anything down about it.
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