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FTC threatens public humiliation for spyware advertisers: Since nothing seems to stanch the flow of spyware, FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz is proposing an age-old punishment - public humiliation, News.com reports. "I think that could have a beneficial effect," Leibowitz said. "In this context, maybe shaming a company on how they are spending money might inure to the...; Tags: advertiser, adware, FTC; Blog posts 2006-02-10
No, that was *not* Vonage spam: No, that was *not* Vonage spamHow is Vonage NOT the spammer?Mesa Media isn't advertising for Vonage out of the goodness of their hearts. If they are advertising for Vonage, its because they are being paid by Vonage to do so. So, while they are not technically sending out...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Atlas, AzoogleAds, Azoogle, Vonage Holdings Corp., spam; Discussion threads 2005-04-06

180solutions on the move, literally: Wayne Porter, blogging at ReveNews, is reporting on speculation that 180solutions, the infamous adware company that's been under fire by the CDT Center for Democracy and Technololgy and anti-spyware groups for at least 2 years, has been cleaning house, as in moving out of their offices in Bellevue, Washington. Wayne...; Tags: Center for Democracy and Technology, 180Solutions; Blog posts 2006-03-31
180solutions wrap up: Last week 180solutions was in the news again due to another nonconsensual installation discovered and blogged by Ben Edelman. I wrote about it here and here but didn't get a chance due to traveling again to blog the rest of the story. 180 blogged their "mea culpa" admitting the first...; Tags: 180Solutions; Blog posts 2006-02-27
Adware and affiliate marketing by Ben Edelman: Spyware/adware expert Ben Edelman is featured on Thought Shapers with a very enlightening five part podcast on the use of adware in affiliate marketing. Some of the topics Ben addresses are how affiliates cheat by using adware, the rules broken by affiliates using adware, how advertisers are defrauded by affiliates'...; Tags: adware; Blog posts 2006-01-10