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Advertisers May Face Ridicule For Adware

Posted by Zonk on from the waking-up-to-reality dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A ZDNet article reports that the FTC may be gearing up to humiliate companies that advertise via adware." From the article: "The FTC would publicly announce and publish the name of a company that advertises using adware that installs itself surreptitiously on consumer PCs or using spyware, Leibowitz said. He would recommend publicly shaming advertisers to the other FTC commissioners if the adware problem doesn't decrease, he said."

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  1. Wet bus ticket by imoou · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, public shaming is as severe as hitting those offenders with a wet bus ticket or a tap on the knuckles.

    Wake me up when there's a public stoning.

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    1. Re:Wet bus ticket by Jambon · · Score: 5, Funny
      Wake me up when there's a public stoning.

      Dude, that would be awesome. However, man, I can't really see the DEA being chill with that. I mean, that would be a lot of weed.

    2. Re:Wet bus ticket by Amouth · · Score: 2, Funny

      In my home town the cops seized around 400lbs of weed on a boat.. reported in the news paper when and when they would be disposing of it by burnning it in the inconrator (which was down down)

      that whole damn city block was covered with people.. and it was a good day for the people on the west side.... (off shore wind :)

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    3. Re:Wet bus ticket by Philip+K+Dickhead · · Score: 2, Funny

      If public humiliation were a tonic for bad behavior, Tony Blair would be a stand-in for Mother Theresa.

      Now... Where did I put that comfy chair!

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  2. whoa by MasterOfUniverse · · Score: 4, Funny

    FTC actually siding with the people, instead of corp america??? Whoa, looks like pigs can now free to fly..

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  3. Finally, someone to stop these shameless people by istartedi · · Score: 5, Funny

    By... ummm... shaming them... umm... wait.. I think I see a possible flaw in this plan.

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  4. They should hire John Cleese for the ad campaign by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 3, Funny

    {Nothing typed here would be as humorous as just the notion of someone turning Cleese loose to ridicule these clowns!}

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  5. Re:Is that all? by eyepeepackets · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll place my vote under the "drawn and quartered" category along with Mr. Reason, but only if it's a public drawing and quartering and they sell decent beer and popcorn...and if the executed has to pay all costs associated with his drawing and quartering, including my beer and popcorn...and if they use really big trucks to do the pulling in low-and-slow gear, not wimpy horses who might bolt at the sound of a cheering audience.

    Cheers. So who's first?

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  6. Re:Sounds like free advertising. by crotherm · · Score: 4, Funny


    No such thing as bad publicity.

    I don't know about that. How is SCO doing these days with all that free advertising we gave them?

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  7. Ob Holy Grail Quote by akpoff · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now go away before I taunt you a second time!