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Olympic Medalist was Spyware King

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the other-biathlons dept.

Remy writes "Seems that Australian gold medal mogulist Dale Begg-Smith is also a spyware entrepreneur. According to a report at Spam Kings, Begg-Smith has supported himself in style as president of a company responsible for generating 20,000,000 pop-ups per day, thanks to drive-by installs of spyware. I know the concept of Olympians being amateurs is outdated, but shouldn't they be barred from competition for this sort of thing?"

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  1. Re:Well... by Fiver- · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Which would you rather see? A young amateur who goes all out and wins a gold after years of practice or a paid professional taking a week off from their competitive sport so they can try to pump up their professional career and get more shoe endorsements?

    Neither. I want to see The Office on Thursday nights. And it's Latvia, not Lativia.