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pinko
Am I the only one who sees the irony in HBGary's CEO complaining that "Google’s call center set up elaborate hoops through which they expected [him] to jump in order to validate his identity"?
noonespecial
Nope, there's so much irony in this whole story that if you dug it all up and mixed in a little carbon, you'd get steely.
Gunkertyjeb
Lest there be any doubt, his exact words: "And I'm waiting on the phone and I can't do the technical magic tricks, jumping through the hoops that Google wanted me to jump through, to get them to listen to me."
originalgeek
Sounds like he's trying to goad Anonymous into a follow-up attack / trap.