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Re:Is Google overreaching by forcing me to use TLS? by sarreph on Thursday March 27, 2014 @10:06AM (#7480440)
A comment on the answer perfectly encapsulates this post:

Did you just troll security.SE and then reasonably answer your own question? – Stephen Touset

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Re:Is Google overreaching by forcing me to use TLS? by kapitalx on Thursday March 27, 2014 @10:33AM (#7480612)
If you continue on reading you'll find OPs comment below it:

"@StephenTouset -- indeed. That's actually a feature; see Its OK to Ask and Answer Your Own Questions. As [it was] pointed out, the question was prompted by the computerworld article [1]."

[1] - http://blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/23698/google-customer...

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Re:Is Google overreaching by forcing me to use TLS? by octo_t on Thursday March 27, 2014 @10:33AM (#7480616)
I like that SO lets you answer your own questions, it makes good references for other people to link to. (And if you saw the background from this[1] blog post it makes sense to have made it).

[1] - http://blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/23698/google-customer...

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Re:Is Google overreaching by forcing me to use TLS? by yeukhon on Thursday March 27, 2014 @12:36PM (#7481495)
If he didn't have a big reputation prior to this question, the comments would have been much harsher. There are people who ask and answer on their own for the sake of "reputation whoring".
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