Feds Asked to Take Action Against Adware Creator

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 23, 2006 @10:36AM from the paging-big-brother dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNet is reporting that a consumer watchdog group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to take action against 180solutions and CJB.net for unfair and deceptive business practices. The Center for Democracy and Technology submitted over 150 pages of examples of 180s bad practices." From the article: "180Solutions deliberately and repeatedly duped Internet users into downloading intrusive advertising software, according to a Center for Democracy and Technology complaint (download PDF). The company continued these practices even after it pledged to better itself and after receiving warnings from spyware experts and privacy advocates, the group said."

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Ugh... even the ACLU has gone evil... by PornMaster · 2006-01-23 11:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I got an invite to the ACLU, who's currently running this campaign is apparently buying mailing lists from the public radio station I support. Compiling lists of data from non-customers/members for abuse while blaming other people for the problem isn't exclusive to the spyware industry.

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I for one, welcome our new anti-spam movement. by HellYeahAutomaton · 2006-01-23 11:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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