Be aware that not everyone in the list has to be involved. Daniel Stenberg lead dev of curl is in there multiple times. I believe as part of the provided licenses.
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We need to be careful in how we view the latest batch from the files. They contain lots of names of people who were not involved in the least. Bilbo Baggins and Punxsutawney Phil are in there. Lots of celebrities are in there simply because they're referenced in an email, while they had no contact with Epstein knowledge of what was happening.
And if we're too aggressive in how we react to people's names popping up in searches, it gives cover to those who were complicit.
From a distance, it's very hard to tell if it's two consenting hobbits or if one is a child. It's easy for them to find themselves on the list, poor Bilbo.
And how old even in a child hobbit? 60?
One of the commenters on the site did point out that it's a defamation lawsuit waiting to happen.
I don't think I know anyone remotely rich enough for this to be a concern.
That’s the secondary use of the tool
If you’re not on the list you clearly lack connections and power and aren’t a good fit
Son of a bitch is so poor he's like 4 hops from knowing someone in the Epstein files.
This is the most LinkedInLunatic coded response ever
I think, not as a business professional but as a human being, that if this is something that concerns you then you are also the kind of person that doesn’t even want to be on LinkedIn.
Right? Bill Gates is in the epstein files a lot.
the tool, called EpsteIn—as in, a mash up of Epstein and LinkedIn
A better mashup might have been “SteptIn”.
I'm sure my LinkedIn contacts could search the epstein files on their own without my help