Is this company not entitled to the same right to excersize both their anonymity and privacy (of both the data they're collecting and their intentions?) We'd be raising holy hell if this article were about a law or corporate policy that required users to disclose the purpose behind their actions when using the Internet; why, then, do we expect a private company doing private research on public information to do the same?
uh, sorry silly rabbit, but rights are for human beings, NOT corporations;) Sorry to sound like a Katzista, but that's how I see it. Rights are for peeps, not corps.
NPNZDAD.EXE (in windows\system) 2, 0, 0, 12 (N.B.: does not appear in taskbar, system tray, or CTL+ALT+DEL CloseProgram dialog)
excerpted from C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\Activity.log:
allowed.a M The file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE tried to write to C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect Ü V Ó Ú p v a ( t A The action was allowed.a M The file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE tried to write to C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect z Ê V Ó Ú p v a ( t A The action was allowed.a M The file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE tried to write to C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect OE
V Ó p v a ( t a - A The action was not allowed.a M The file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE tried to write to C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect z z V Ó p v a ( t c - A The action was not allowed.a M The file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE tried to write to C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect ÿÿÿÿOE
Only 49b made it down; strings tracker.exe yielded only GIF89a
Digging in C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\...
Excerpted from JavaScript in the htnl in the cache:
Whither www.avenuea.com? This is straight from their site: <slime> Avenue A currently serves over 90 clients, including Eddie Bauer, Expedia.com, Gateway, Gear.com, Microsoft Corporation (MSN), MTV Networks, Onvia.com, RealNetworks, TicketmasterOnline-CitySearch and Toysrus.com. The company is based in Seattle with offices in Chicago and New York. </slime>
WTF? Somebody puts something called tracker.exe on _my_ machine without telling me?
This went thru smartdownload&tm;
I don't know what exactly was going on and was unable to replicate the process, but if you want details to chew over, I HTH.
And yes, before you open your mouth, I know this wouldn't have happened if I weren't running windows.
Exactly where in that article does it talk about the "US lagging behind Europe in privacy standards"?
Oh, I don't know...maybe here?
"Unlike the United States, in Europe, each of the European countries has a very comprehensive set of protections for the privacy of its citizens," says Fordham University law professor Joel Reidenberg.
While you might think the European approach inplies all sorts of onerous bureaucracy and government interference, I read the relative indifference of the U.S. government as a sign that the government I help to pay for is not looking out for my interests. I'd rather see the taxes I'm going to pay anyway look out for me, rather than fund corporate welfare for some organization I'll never own stock in.
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Is this company not entitled to the same right to excersize both their anonymity and privacy (of both the data they're collecting and their intentions?) We'd be raising holy hell if this article were about a law or corporate policy that required users to disclose the purpose behind their actions when using the Internet; why, then, do we expect a private company doing private research on public information to do the same?
;)
uh, sorry silly rabbit, but rights are for human beings, NOT corporations
Sorry to sound like a Katzista, but that's how I see it. Rights are for peeps, not corps.
I posted this on K5, but I'll repeat it here:/ 6/212050/2958&pid=19#25
;)
...
l inktrack.cgi?F262|link|C|||PF793_AudioHi ghwaybuttons_net|audiobooks_text.link|http://www.a udiohighway.com/library/partners.asp?PID =10071&LinkID=ahaudiobook','hitsPopWin','width=500 ,height=388,toolbar=no,location=no,scrol lbars=no,directories=no,resizable=no,menubar=no');
0 01|1|jscript|C2908|weasel||">
.js in cache, found this:
? F262|1007|1|jscript2|C8017|||_admonitor| 1894|9931|http:\/\/click.avenuea.com\/go\/latitude 90_onvia926_032900pn_88x31_1\/direct\/01 %958625140\" TARGET=\"_admonitor\">");document.write("<IMG SRC=\"http://view.avenuea.com/view/latitude90_onvi a926_032900pn_88x31_1/direct/01%95862514 0\" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=31 WIDTH=88 ALT=\"Onvia.com. Work. Wisely.\"></A>");
http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=comments&sid=2000/7
This was a download that started spontaneously while I was looking up a word at dictionary.com
my system: (If you'll indulge a luser for a sec
Windows 98
Netscape Communicator 4.72
MSIE 5.00.2014.0216 40-bit cipher
Norton Antivirus 5.0.0.26
NPNZDAD.EXE (in windows\system) 2, 0, 0, 12
(N.B.: does not appear in taskbar, system tray, or CTL+ALT+DEL CloseProgram dialog)
excerpted from C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\Activity.log:
allowed.a M The file
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE
tried to write to
C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe
u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect
Ü V Ó Ú p v a ( t A The action was allowed.a M The file
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE
tried to write to
C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe
u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect z
Ê V Ó Ú p v a ( t A The action was allowed.a M The file
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE
tried to write to
C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe
u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect OE
V Ó p v a ( t a - A The action was not allowed.a M The file
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE
tried to write to
C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe
u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect z z
V Ó p v a ( t c - A The action was not allowed.a M The file
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NPNZDAD.EXE
tried to write to
C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe.$ P C:\My Download Files\tracker.exe
u Windows S Windows Auto-Protect ÿÿÿÿOE
Only 49b made it down; strings tracker.exe yielded only GIF89a
Digging in C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\
Excerpted from JavaScript in the htnl in the cache:
function ahwyaudiobooks() {
hitsWindow=window.open('http://ads.admonitor.net/
}
Then:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="http://ads.admonitor.net/adengine.cgi?F262|1
</SCRIPT>
Then looked for a
document.write("<A HREF=\"http:\/\/ads.admonitor.net\/clicktrack.cgi
Whither www.avenuea.com? This is straight from their site:
<slime>
Avenue A currently serves over 90 clients, including Eddie Bauer, Expedia.com, Gateway, Gear.com, Microsoft Corporation (MSN), MTV Networks, Onvia.com, RealNetworks, TicketmasterOnline-CitySearch and Toysrus.com. The company is based in Seattle with offices in Chicago and New York.
</slime>
WTF? Somebody puts something called tracker.exe on _my_ machine without telling me?
This went thru smartdownload&tm;
I don't know what exactly was going on and was unable to replicate the process, but if you want details to chew over, I HTH.
And yes, before you open your mouth, I know this wouldn't have happened if I weren't running windows.
Exactly where in that article does it talk about the "US lagging behind Europe in privacy standards"?
Oh, I don't know...maybe here?
While you might think the European approach inplies all sorts of onerous bureaucracy and government interference, I read the relative indifference of the U.S. government as a sign that the government I help to pay for is not looking out for my interests. I'd rather see the taxes I'm going to pay anyway look out for me, rather than fund corporate welfare for some organization I'll never own stock in.
Something to think about...