Post by mhbruin on Jun 30, 2020 12:47:22 GMT -8
EBay’s critics faced an extreme case of an old Silicon Valley habit
Last summer, members of eBay’s private security team sent live roaches and a bloody pig mask to the home of a suburban Boston couple who published a niche e-commerce newsletter.
The harassment campaign — which also included physical surveillance, sending pornographic videos to the couple’s neighbors, posting ads inviting sexual partners to the couple’s home and an attempt to attach a tracking device to their car — was detailed earlier this month in a federal indictment against six former eBay employees.
The lurid 51-page indictment describing how the employees of a multibillion-dollar company were loosed in what authorities described as an unhinged and illegal effort to intimidate critics drew national attention to the stunning lengths some tech companies will go when responding to their critics.
Full storry
Last summer, members of eBay’s private security team sent live roaches and a bloody pig mask to the home of a suburban Boston couple who published a niche e-commerce newsletter.
The harassment campaign — which also included physical surveillance, sending pornographic videos to the couple’s neighbors, posting ads inviting sexual partners to the couple’s home and an attempt to attach a tracking device to their car — was detailed earlier this month in a federal indictment against six former eBay employees.
The lurid 51-page indictment describing how the employees of a multibillion-dollar company were loosed in what authorities described as an unhinged and illegal effort to intimidate critics drew national attention to the stunning lengths some tech companies will go when responding to their critics.
Full storry
