John GruberJul 20, 2025

Some people do crosswords. I fill in redacted names.

The redacted email screenshot in Apple's lawsuit against Michael Ramacciotti and Jon Prosser was set in Arial (of fucking course). So I pixel-fitted the font size and used red text to superimpose the redacted names, along with surrounding words, to show which names fit the redactions exactly:

Show threadJohn GruberJul 20, 2025

And I have a spitball theory who wrote the anonymous tipster email to Apple. Here’s an MD5 hash of my spitball, for future reference, in case someone else names them first:

72ecce571403600a27e986d40c0155b2

Show threadJohn Gruber
Me, one day later, trying to chase down the full story:
Jul 21, 2025 at 9:56pmIvory for Mac
Show threadThomas SturmJul 21, 2025
@gruber 😁
Show threadNick HeerJul 21, 2025
@gruber “Why the fuck would they go to the Russians?” https://youtu.be/UPvOA2UCsOY?feature=shared
Burn After Reading (2008) - Malkovich finds about the Russians and gets served

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Show threadErnie SmithJul 21, 2025

@gruber When I figured out that the buyers of Deadspin were involved in the online casino industry, this was me.

You’re on the right track.