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A comment on the answer perfectly encapsulates this post:

Did you just troll security.SE and then reasonably answer your own question? – Stephen Touset



If you continue on reading you'll find OPs comment below it:

"@StephenTouset -- indeed. That's actually a feature; see Its OK to Ask and Answer Your Own Questions. As [it was] pointed out, the question was prompted by the computerworld article [1]."

[1] - http://blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/23698/google-customer...


I like that SO lets you answer your own questions, it makes good references for other people to link to. (And if you saw the background from this[1] blog post it makes sense to have made it).

[1] - http://blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/23698/google-customer...


If he didn't have a big reputation prior to this question, the comments would have been much harsher. There are people who ask and answer on their own for the sake of "reputation whoring".




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