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Inside an Adware Company

Posted by michael on from the ethically-challenged dept.

Haikster writes "Brad Stone of Newsweek wrote a great article exposing DirectRevenue which is actually a combination of the old Dash guys with IPInsight, abetterinternet, offeroptimizer and blackstonemedia and the others... it's a bit lengthy but a great read."

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  1. Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually based on an older article, but still an interesting analysis of those companies. (Cache, already getting slow for me).

  2. Re:They just use standard FOSS philosphophy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    My information just says "Suck my #*&%^!" if your lips are big enough....

  3. Re:How many are Slashdot readers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Anything's better than being a liberal. Why don't you reveal YOUR real identity instead of hiding behind the lame "badfrog".

  4. Re:you are scum by utnow · · Score: 0, Troll

    How the hell did this get an 'insightful' mod?

  5. Re:How many are Slashdot readers? by JuggleGeek · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're just a crook with no morals who has found a way to make a buck. No different from a thief - screw the other guy as long as you get what you want.