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Originally Posted by crankydave
It's simply not a matter of the extremes that you keep pointing to deepsand. Manipulation and trying to create damage is certainly nothing new to business, politics, and yes, even personal lives. Pick anything you wish and ask the same question... Why is <this> not in chaos because bad things can happen? Doesn't change the fact that bad things do happen... all the time, every day.
Going from can IBL's hurt you, or can a competitor hurt you with IBL's, to "web chaos" is quite sensational don't you think? Planes can be hijacked... why doesn't the entire planet stop flying until it's impossible to do? Why is the entire flight industry not in chaos because hijacking can happen?
The fact still remains that IBL's can hurt a site. It's impossible for the naysayers to demonstrate that they cannot. What's "easy" is to come up with a "test" that demonstrates that they can. It's been done.
Dave
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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice, there is a great deal of difference."
If someone asks you if the Sun is shining, while you are standing outside, in what appears to be sunlight, do you answer "yes, it is"? Or, do you reply that "Well, it seems to be; but, as the light that I'm seeing emanated from the Sun approx. 8 minutes ago, such that it's theoretically possible that it's no longer shining, I'll have to wait said 8 minutes to give you an answer. And, at that time, the answer I give you then will be only a report as to whether it was shining 8 minutes earlier."?
If the former, you presume that your interrogator asked a
practical question, rather than a theoretical one.
Likewise, so did the OP here. Therefore, the proper answer turns on the issue of probability.
Were said effect easily obtained, then we should expect to see evidence of such occurring frequently enough so as to be easily observed. To hold that such effect is not observed simply because of the underlying methodology being an obscure one is untenable, as it makes the exceedingly unlikely assumption that such knowledge is possessed only by those of good will.
Therefore, while said effect is theoretically possible, it is presently quite improbable.
And, as I have never claimed that the effect that you champion is impossible, I am not incorrect in stating that, as a practical matter, one need not be concerned re. passively acquired IBLs from "bad" sites.