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R.I.P., NebuAd. But, What If You Had Just Asked For The User's Consent?

R.I.P., NebuAd. But, What If You Had Just Asked For The User's Consent?RE; Asked for the user's consent.They probably would have gotten it. The problem I have with the whole idea is the possible reduction in choice and choice guidance. Let the bean counters start adding things up and you...

Tags: NebuAd, R.I.P., ASKED, What-If

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Lawsuit filed against NebuAd, ISPs

Lawsuit filed against NebuAd, ISPsWhy does this not surprise me?In the wild, wild, west of the internet - ANYTHING GOES is about to end!RE: Lawsuit filed against NebuAd, ISPsJoy, now we can spend millions of taxpayer $$ investigating and maybe prosecuting. For what, a slap on the hand at...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), LAWSUIT FILED, NebuAd, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

NebuAd, ISPs, named in class action lawsuit

NebuAd, ISPs, named in class action lawsuitSeem like this University is pushing the envelope on DPI alsohttp://netequalizer.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/rackmonty-university-embraces-deep-packet-inspection-dpi/RE: NebuAd, ISPs, named in class action lawsuitAbout that university, please check the editor's note."Editors Note: We made this up"

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), NebuAd, class action lawsuit, class action, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

NebuAd, ISPs, named in class action lawsuit

NebuAd, the controversial company that was trying to sell deep-packet inspection technology as a means of delivering more relevant ads, has already had most of the life sucked out of it. Now, a class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco today, could put the final nail...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Class Action, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Deep packet spy's CEO resigns

Deep packet spy's CEO resignsThrowing out the baby with the bathwater[i]... it doesn't sound like there's a long prosperous future ahead for deep packet inspection or NebuAd...[/i]So one CEO leaves a company and all of Deep Packet Inspection technology fails? Last I checked most DPI companies were doing quite well.One...

Tags: Deep Packet, NebuAd

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?

NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?Double Pariah!!NebuAd is not only a Pariah but a double Pariah! And evoking the spirit of Galileo won't solve the shameless acts they have been doing to innocent consumers. I hope congress get very tough with them: Privacy Breach: Behavioral Targeting Needs Closer Look (http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=544&doc_id=153592&F_src=flftwo)RE: NebuAd: Galileo...

Tags: NebuAd, Galileo

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?

So, it would seem we have found the outer limits of user tracking and ad-serving. At a House hearing yesterday, NebuAd ran into universal condemnation for its plans to monitor broadband customers' web visits and deliver targeting advertising, reports News.com's Declan McCullagh. Contemptible. Goes against everything...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Cable Company, Internet Service Provider, Notice, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable, Channel Management, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Senate, Web ad titans joust over behavioral targeting

A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday picked apart behavioral Web advertising as executives from the likes of Google, NebuAd and Facebook touted their privacy controls and even went as far as noting that ads are good for you. The hearing before the Senate Committee on Senate Committee...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Advertisement, Privacy, Internet Service Provider, Behavioral Targeting, Service Provider, U.S. Senate, Online Advertising, Internet Service, NebuAd, Privacy Law, Tom, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say

Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups sayTake a deep breath...hold it...hold it...keep holding...[i]"NebuAd requires its ISP partners to provide robust notice to their subscribers prior to deployment of the service."[/i]I have a feeling that "robustness" is in the eye of the beholding ISPs.RE: Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups sayCharter...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), advertisement, privacy, AdBlock

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say

NebuAd's "consumer-centric behavioral targeting network" is nothing less than malware, Public Knowledge and FreePress charge in a new report PDF. The ad insertion technology violates “several fundamental expectations of Internet privacy, security and standards-based interoperability," the report says. Stacey Higginbotham reports at GigaOm...

Tags: Advertisement, Privacy, Behavioral Targeting, NebuAd, Ad Insertion Technology, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-19

In search of: Startups that could upend Google and Microsoft

Earlier this week at one of Mary Jo Foley's talk before the New York Software Industry Association one of the folks in the audience posed a great question. The gist: The Google vs. Microsoft online advertising war resembles Sears vs. Montgomery Ward years ago. The punch line: While Sears and...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., BzzAgent, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-23

Additional Resources

Behavioral Data: Valuing Customers. Then Avoiding Them.

There’s little question that just about every profit-making company out there would like to know exactly what you’re doing on the Web, all the time. And that there’s a clear profitable market to be had in data that captures your “behavior” on the Internet. ...

Tags: Customer, Channel Management, Retail, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-05

News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

R.I.P., NebuAd. But, What If You Had Just Asked For The User's Consent?

NebuAd, the controversial company that had sought to target online ads based on user behavior, is dead, at last. The company's services were actually appealing to some cable companies who act as Internet service providers, such as Charter Communications and Bresnan Communications. But...

Tags: User Behavior, Consent, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-20

News to know: IBM; SAP; Microsoft; Sarbanes-Oxley; EMC

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM rolls out the 'Smart Cube' with app market: Think enterprise iPod-iTunes combo Joe McKendrick: Goodbye, SOX? AP: Supreme Court to...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Netbook, IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Report: Improper use of Deep Packet Inspection could be Internet game-changer

There are legitimate uses for a technology called Deep Packet Inspection. But it's the "improper" use of the technology that prompted Washington-based Free Press to release a report this week entitled: "Deep Packet Inspection: The End of the Internet As We Know It." In a nutshell,...

Tags: DPI, Internet Service Provider, Phorm, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Deep packet inspection takes another hit as Phorm execs leave

The future isn't looking too bright for those in the business of Deep Packet Inspection, notably a company called Phorm where leadership has been eroding this month. You'll recall that DPI is the technology that some ISPs were considering to scour a customer's computer for granular information...

Tags: DPI, Class Action Lawsuit, Internet Service Provider, Packet Inspection, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Corporate Governance, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-18

News to know: Yahoo, Blackberry Storm, Black Friday leaks, Smartphones

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless: Storm lands Nov. 21 Sean Portnoy: Best Buy...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Lawsuit filed against NebuAd, ISPs

Sixteen plaintiffs â€" and potentially millions more â€" launched a class-action lawsuit against NebuAd and 26 of its ISP partners in California court, ClickZ reports. The suit claims NebuAd and the ISPs violated privacy and computer security laws. Only six ISPs -- CenturyTel, WOW, CableOne, Embarq, Knology...

Tags: Computer Security, Lawsuit, Electronic Communication, Internet Service Provider, Computer, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Online Communications, Productivity, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-13

News to know: CES preview, Google tracks flu, NebuAd sued, Ad porn blocker

 Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: CES 2009 Preview: All quiet on the gadget front Sean Portnoy: Third-quarter HDTV sales pace slows, plasmas show new signs of life ...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Video, Beta, Matthew Miller, Corporate Communications, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-12