Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Ben Edelman: How Expedia Funds Spyware

Bravo, Ben -- who has a detailed analysis of how Expedia funds spyware. From his blog:

Although Expedia claims to show ads only through advertising programs that users "want," my testing shows Expedia ads arriving through programs generally known as spyware -- programs that are widely known to become installed without user consent. My article has screenshots and details of programs' behaviors.

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