Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

5 of 166 comments (clear)

  1. hello i am a potato by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hello i am a potato

  2. FIRST FISH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I AM A FISH!

  3. Loal Dudes!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sing this to that "milkshake song" ..

    My butthole brings David Boises to the yard,
    and your mom is a effin tard
    and your mom is a effin tard

    Diddle Lick!

  4. The lengths some people go to..... by queenb**ch · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    For the money those guys make, they'd let you pee on their heads. Public humiliation won't phase them.

    2 cents,

    Queen B

    --
    HDGary secures my bank :/
  5. Re:recitivism? by Curtman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of silly persons!