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Ethics aside, that's pretty neat actually. That's like ordering a linkfarm SEO package as a Xmas gift for your competitors :)



Yeah... But it's also very uncompetitive. And, more importantly, if they are willing to engage in this behavior what other perhaps more unsavory things are they willing to engage in?


Of course, this might call into question the authenticity of their recently published research into state funded spyware. I'm sure it's just a coincidence the anonymous sources chose to speak after a decade of silence.




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