Google Nest

by yuvadam • 12 years ago

52 27 12 years ago

hauget• 12 years ago

Is this a very bad joke?

Domain seems to be registered to a Paul Von Ribbeck with a gmail address, not a google address... makes me doubt its authenticity. A quick google search of Ribbeck brings up this: http://re-publica.de/user/1008/event/1

"Dr. Paul von Ribbeck considers himself both pro-tech and a digital protection evangelist. He is guided by his unwavering belief in the possibility of technology to solve the problems created by civilization. With a MSc from Yale University and a PhD from Stanford University in information security, he is now leading a team of 50 developers, mathematicians, lawyers and designers to build up the first global digital data insurance within the home of Google Nest."

THIS IS JUST WEIRD AND AWKWARD. DISCUSS.

taylor-smith• 12 years ago

No idea. The Google Bye thing, in particular, seems to be farcical.

Xlythe• 12 years ago

That might be the one closest to a real product.

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2013/04/plan-your-dig...

jeremymcanally• 12 years ago

Yes, but it's not one that Google will probably take kindly to given there's no indication on the site other than it's ridiculous and the whois e-mail. Even the whois registrant information is fraudulently attributed to Google.

thinkalone2• 12 years ago

Exactly - Here's Google's page to report a phishing site: https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?rd=1

computer• 12 years ago

It's fake-- domain registered at eNom, hosted at namecheaphosting.com.

Cthulhu_• 12 years ago

Someone's gonna get sued for trademark violations.

sgarrity• 12 years ago

The name on the registration is "paulvonribbeck", which brings up an environmental activist with a history such shinnanigins: http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/science-slam-ak...

davidu• 12 years ago

This is extremely well done. It's almost believable.

binxbolling• 12 years ago

I'm embarrassed to admit how long into reading this it took me to clue in...

edit: nevermind; if I didn't have to check WhoIs data then I'm apparently ahead of the curve.

sghi• 12 years ago

I have to agree... took me until the Bee to realize...

The first two were almost believable!

rkwasny• 12 years ago

Nice try to get my data Not this time ...

pestaa• 12 years ago

Absolutely no idea what this does or why should I bother clicking the sign in button.

Zikes• 12 years ago

It's satire.

VikingCoder• 12 years ago

Particularly lousy name for satire, since Google is acquiring Nest.

https://investor.google.com/releases/2014/0113.html

judk2• 12 years ago

That was intentional, in the web page.

choult• 12 years ago

A little digging suggests it's a prank being pulled by the Peng Collective[1] - "Paul von Ribbeck", to whom the domain is registered, is a previous nomme de guerre of Jean Peters.

[1] http://www.peng-collective.net

judk2• 12 years ago

Flagged for impersonation without disclaimer.

The product ideas are very nice ones though.

crabasa• 12 years ago

This is certainly fake based on the whois information:

http://pir.org/domains/org-domain/?domain=google-nest.org&su...

tckr• 12 years ago

Google states that they are not affiliated: https://twitter.com/GoogleDE/status/464025743685476357

BigTuna• 12 years ago

I can see Bee as a real product in some form or fashion in 10-15 years, and I think Bye is a great idea.

PaulKeeble• 12 years ago

I was so close to buying a nest when they released ones compatible with my system. Then Google bought them a few days afterwards and I couldn't be less interested now. Its just one of those things, I do what I can to hide from Google now, the last thing I want them having dominion of is precisely when I am in and out of my house.

joshdance• 12 years ago

Well done fake. Maybe satire?

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