Who Invests in Spyware Companies?

NW writes "Ben Edelman just published a list of major investors in spyware companies totaling over $139 million in venture capital." Slashdot has not verified Edelman's information, and please note that harassing the receptionist at these places is unlikely to cause any change in their investment policies.

Comments

Weatherbug?

[AtariAmarok]

I wonder who invests in Weatherbug, the notorious spyware company that spams message boards saying "we are not spyware" ? (They have yet to install spyware that says "we do not spam").

007

[wolflike]

MI5, FBI, CIA, the usual dated TLA arm's of the illuminati

Reads like a...

[Chrontius]

Reads like a hit list.

I give it ten minutes for the DDOS to start.

Re:Slashdot has not verified Edelman's information

[Wyatt Earp]

When the Editors verify it, they link the story as a duplicate post.

My company should be on that list!

[dynamo_mikey]

My company has been giving millions of dollars to a company in Redmond Washington and some of that cash is being redirected to support a malware product known only as "Internet Explorer."

-dynamo

Love Letters

[AtariAmarok]

"through anonymour remailers"

Aren't anonymour remailers reserved for letters from secret admirers?

Re:Advertisers

[Moderatbastard]

From what I see it is a bunch of venture capitol companies; companies that provide money to startup companies in exchange for a stake in the profits.

That's not what a "venture capitol" company is. A venture capitol company supplies something that looks vaguely similar to the White House.

Slashdot Turning a New Leaf?

[MSTCrow5429]

Slashdot? Verify? Could this be the start of a new policy of accurate and responsible reporting at Slashdot? Maybe the CBS Report put things in perspective for them.