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My track record? If you're going to accuse me of lying, I'd prefer that you do so overtly and put your own credibility on the line.

https://twitter.com/sneakdotberlin/status/131783835638279782...

It says source=gmail-imap right in the URL. Look.

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Sorry, you have a history of making wild accusations like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21109530

Agreed. His “evidence” means nothing and his background is very shady. Those screenshots could be completely made up.

Can someone else verify with raw data?

Screenshots are not completely made up. At least the `usg` HMAC seems to be valid, and timestamps are recent enough, so the redirector URLs are legit. Of course it's possible to generate the valid redirector URLs in other ways.

So if this is a scam it's not a completely stupid scam.

Anyway, A/B testing or gradual deoployment is a thing. I'll not turn against a fellow hacker and call him shady, just because a potential A/B gaslighing practice from some megacorp. ;) I'll just wait.

I've tried from both GMail and Thunderbird, not able to repeat the experiment.

https://twitter.com/tblodt/status/1317875714981416962

Sorry for us being skeptical of 140 character claims...

I don't see how that url means Google is doing this, when none of us have been able to verify. There could be 100 different things touching your email doing this.

Pretty sure most hn wants this to be true as a reason to sharpen pitchforks.

Exactly and the OP has a strong past of making false and misleading claims before.

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