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Brad · #1 02-24-2005, 08:14 PM

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Gator in the Homeland Security Dept.
Claria privacy exec joins integrity committee
Salon and CNET are reporting that D. Reed Freeman, the "chief privacy officer" of Claria Corporation (makers of the much loathed Gator application) has been appointed to the Dept. of Homeland Security's "Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee". So we've got this straight: an exec for the same company that sued websites for calling its product spyware, buries ridiculous demands in its EULA, has a history of using stealth installation techniques to mislead customers, and has been sued by a half-dozen web publishers for being a "parasite", is now advising Uncle Sam on privacy and integrity?

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/60707

Zachery · #2 02-24-2005, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad.loo

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/60707

;_; nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

AN-net · #3 02-24-2005, 08:41 PM

oh ++++, america is ++++ed now.... god now i really wont trust the internet or rely on the government to safe guard my private info...

maybe we can get congress to impeach him off the advisory board. i dont want evil gator to be watching my every move(not like it doesnt already when it stealth installs and records your every key >_>). Anyways this just shows how oblivious the government is to the technological world and how capitialism rules

Chris Gwynne · #4 02-24-2005, 10:50 PM

Well isn't it best for someone like him to now advise on how to combat this? Rather than some Joe who doesn't know anything.

Reeve of shinra · #5 02-24-2005, 11:02 PM

I love dslr, my favorite non-vb discussion site.

Gio~Logist · #6 02-25-2005, 12:45 PM

What is gator? *thinks if that was a dumb question*

Brad · #7 02-25-2005, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gio~logist

What is gator? *thinks if that was a dumb question*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claria_Corporation

Gio~Logist · #8 02-25-2005, 05:16 PM

ooo i see, thanks

#9 02-25-2005, 05:55 PM

Mhm, spyware. <_<

BamaStangGuy · #10 02-26-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AN-net

oh ++++, america is ++++ed now.... god now i really wont trust the internet or rely on the government to safe guard my private info...

maybe we can get congress to impeach him off the advisory board. i dont want evil gator to be watching my every move(not like it doesnt already when it stealth installs and records your every key >_>). Anyways this just shows how oblivious the government is to the technological world and how capitialism rules

Yea its over man. Nothing else to live for now that this has happened