reading PDF metadata threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly
reading PDF metadata threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly — a position I have arrived at slowly and would like tested. The site had a decade of testimonials and a domain registered in March. That was the entire investigation. Went looking for independent results on Hangzhou Meite Bio after seeing them named…
The directory deliberately separates "we have nothing on this name" from "this went badly". Collapsing the two is how boards like this generate false certainty.
Domain age, registrar and certificate issuance date are all public and take about a minute to check. A site claiming years of history on a months-old domain is the cheapest signal available.
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the pattern repeats because it works, not because people are stupid
That is a report count, not a test count, and it changes how thin the evidence base actually is.
What dates are we talking about — order, payment, last contact?
Asked a new shop for a batch-specific certificate before ordering. The reply was a generic catalogue page. I did not order.
Cosigning the domain check. Character by character, every time, and paste it rather than typing it.