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FYI…CNET interview with Ben Edelman:
- http://news.com.com/Spying+on+the+spyware+…l?tag=nefd.lede
May 4, 2005
"…What was the most interesting thing you've discovered?
Edelman: There's just a huge amount of money changing hands here. The biggest, richest American companies are buying advertising through spyware. The biggest, richest venture capital firms are investing in those who make this kind of unwanted software. That's names like American Express, Sprint PCS, Disney, Expedia, Guy Kawasaki's firm.
You're using the word 'spyware.' But you also mean the advertising-based networks with pop-up ads, right?
Edelman: Absolutely right. My claim is that each of the so-called adware networks has obtained installations and is still obtaining installations in ways that offer such poor notice and obtain such limited consent–sometimes none at all–that users can't fairly be said to have consented. If they didn't consent, and their activities are being monitored or transmitted, then that's spying…"
- http://news.com.com/Spying+on+the+spyware+…l?tag=nefd.lede
May 4, 2005
"…What was the most interesting thing you've discovered?
Edelman: There's just a huge amount of money changing hands here. The biggest, richest American companies are buying advertising through spyware. The biggest, richest venture capital firms are investing in those who make this kind of unwanted software. That's names like American Express, Sprint PCS, Disney, Expedia, Guy Kawasaki's firm.
You're using the word 'spyware.' But you also mean the advertising-based networks with pop-up ads, right?
Edelman: Absolutely right. My claim is that each of the so-called adware networks has obtained installations and is still obtaining installations in ways that offer such poor notice and obtain such limited consent–sometimes none at all–that users can't fairly be said to have consented. If they didn't consent, and their activities are being monitored or transmitted, then that's spying…"