Free Press and Public Knowledge have put out a report claiming that “NebuAd Wiretaps Consumers and Hijacks Web Sites.” Quote:
Consumers are having their Web browsing intercepted and Web sites are having their computer code altered by NebuAd, a company that provides targeted advertising for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), according to a technical investigation by Free Press and Public Knowledge.
This is remarkably sleazy behavior, if it’s happening the way the report suggests — and the technical ability of the researcher wins him high credibility.
If this is happening, and if it doesn’t violate some federal and/or state laws, then it’s long overdue for Congress to deal with it.
This kind of stuff gives digital media entrepreneurship a bad name.
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on Jun 24th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Update: a meeting with Reps. Markey and Barton encouraged Charter to halt the rollotu.