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Yuhong Bao

Personal blog · yuhongbao.blogspot.com · on HN as yuhongsecurityeconomicsweb

Yuhong Bao's personal blog at yuhongbao.blogspot.com covers security, economics and web. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 42 times, most often “The history of Google and its advertising”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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Links on Hacker News per year · peak 30 in 2018

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yuhong · 6,296 karma · member since 2009

I am Yuhong Bao. http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com My email is at yuhongbao_386 at hotmail.com

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  1. The history of Google and its advertising
    2 people · 11 mentions · first linked 2018-04-07

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  1. As it happens, I posted http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2017/12/google-mozilla-and-deb... around the same time.

    Comment linking /2017/12/google-mozilla-and-debt-based-economy.html

    on “Firefox is on a slippery slope”
  2. Submitted The history of the MS C runtime DLL as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. I am more interested in the Google specific problems and tracing it back to Larry and Sergey. I have written an essay about one problem: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2018/04/google-doubleclick-moz...

    Comment linking /2018/04/google-doubleclick-mozilla-essay-final.html

    on “Alternatives to Google Products”
  4. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (second draft) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2018/09/google-doubleclick-moz...

    Comment linking /2018/09/google-doubleclick-mozilla-overview_92.html

    on “Google Maps won't let you save home address without allowing all Google tracking”
  6. Submitted The history of Google and its advertising as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. I wrote an essay with more detailed history for a reason. It is probably worth linking it here: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2018/09/google-doubleclick-moz...

    Comment linking /2018/09/google-doubleclick-mozilla-overview_92.html

    on “Product Updates Based on Your Feedback”
  8. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (second draft) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. My essay talks about ad tracking and Google: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2018/04/google-doubleclick-moz...

    Comment linking /2018/04/google-doubleclick-mozilla-essay-final.html

    on “Facebook announces Clear History feature”
  10. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (second draft) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Yea, that was what my essay/overview was about, including tracing these problems back to Larry/Sergey. It is probably worth posting a link here: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2018/09/google-doubleclick-moz...

    Comment linking /2018/09/google-doubleclick-mozilla-overview_92.html

    on “Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China”
  12. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Link to the essay for those who are unfamiliar: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2018/04/google-doubleclick-moz...

    Comment linking /2018/04/google-doubleclick-mozilla-essay-final.html

    on “Hallmark of an Economic Ponzi Scheme”
  14. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (second draft) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. My favorite is all the financial complexity in order to take advantage of the debt-based economy. I even did a blog post on Google and Mozilla that shows some of the other problems: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2017/12/google-mozilla-and-deb...

    Comment linking /2017/12/google-mozilla-and-debt-based-economy.html

    on “The Collapse of Complex Business Models (2010)”
  16. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla essay (final) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. I just posted the final version of the Google/DoubleClick essay: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2018/04/google-doubleclick-moz...

    Comment linking /2018/04/google-doubleclick-mozilla-essay-final.html

    on “Facebook is unfixable. We need a nonprofit, public-spirited replacement”
  18. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla essay (final) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. I wrote an essay about Google: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2018/04/google-doubleclick-moz... I wonder if there are any other notable Google privacy problems not covered in the essay.

    Comment linking /2018/04/google-doubleclick-mozilla-essay-final.html

    on “Box CEO says mistrust of Google and Facebook could spread”
  20. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla essay (final) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. I am thinking the "HTML5" buzzword is misleading: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-html5-buzzword-is-... IMO "modern browser" isn't too bad if used properly and definitely better than "HTML5".

    Comment linking /2012/07/why-html5-buzzword-is-misnomer.html

    on “The myth of the “modern browser””
  22. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla essay third draft (mentions Facebook) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted The MS OS/2 2.0 Fiasco: PX00307 and DR-DOS as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (second draft) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (second draft) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted Windows 2000 SP servicing history as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (second draft) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (second draft) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla overview (first draft) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted Google DoubleClick Mozilla essay (final) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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