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Spyware Critics Respond to iDownload/iSearch

Paul Laudanski writes "Slashdot ran an article earlier on 'iDownload Tries to Silence Spyware Critics'. Since then, the spyware critics have responded to iDownload: CastleCops, NetRN, and Sunbelt Software. InternetWeek and BroadbandReports have picked up this story as well. Brian Livingston interviewed iDownload's CEO Arlo Gilbert, who claims the letters were a success: "The majority of sites we've contacted have taken down or properly classified iSearch" and "When asked to name some of the sites that had complied, Gilbert answered, "I'm not going to share that information. It would be shooting a gift horse in the mouth."" General overview by Kye-U and Zhen-Xjell."

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  1. Well what do you expect these scumbags to do by jimmy+page · · Score: 0, Troll

    I mean seriously.. Do you really expect them to create software to stop them?
    Wouldn't you, if you were a dirtball, do the same thing?