Comments on: Man arrested for allegedly extorting Google

A California man has been charged with extortion, after reportedly making demands for $100,000 from the search giant, in exchange for not unleashing fake ad hits.

[FutureMedia]

What An Idiot. Not how to get the job.

For somebody looking for a job, he sure took the wrong
approach. Without the extortion, he probably would have been
hired. All he needed to do was to tell them he had discovered a
security flaw and they would have been happy to hire him to
show them how to fix it. Duh!

Should have arranged with friend to implement if anything happened to him!

Bad planning -- he should have arranged with a friend to proceed with releasing the software if the friend failed to contact him later or if anything happened to him (such as arrest). I am sure next time such a software creator will cover this hole and as such, an arrest will cause the release of software making those responsible for the arrest think twice next time as to how wise it was to do so.

[ittyspam]

Google should sue... CNET

Google should sue CNET for libel for this story, for printing that Google uses "pop up ads" on any of their pages.

CNET, due some research before hitting that "submit" button, would you?

[GoogleGuy]

Dont believe everything you read

It didnt go down that way. Sure software was created as a proof of concept for google. After, and I repeat after, google asked for proof of concept for thier flaws.

I spent 1 night in jail, and plead not guilty, and after 3 years, they still didnt want to go to trial? It was a huge mis-understanding on both sides.

Yea this was me.