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The Spyware Inferno

Posted by michael on from the where-wise-men-fear-to-tread dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ever thought there should be a scale for quantifying the evil Spyware does? In an editorial article at news.com.com, a Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist uses the levels of hell in Dante's Inferno to do just that. The article also goes into depth on how vendors, and Claria in particular, make money - of particular interest, 31% of Claria's revenue came through Overture. This may explain why Yahoo took so long to list Claria as Adware in its anti-spyware toolbar."

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  1. Re:Cliche by Trillian_1138 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    That is a pyramid scheme. At some point, people will run out of new people to sign up, and thus not get their iPod. It's not quite a 'scam' (they're telling the truth) but, like all pyramid schemes, in the end those at the very bottom will get screwed.

    -Trillian