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IP: LOST IN (CYBER)SPACE-DOES PRIVACY EXIST
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 18:02:51 -0500
----- Original Message ----- From: "James S. Tyre" <j.s.tyre () cyberpass net> To: "Dave Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>; "Keith Dawson" <dawson () world std com>; "Phil Agre" <pagre () alpha oac ucla edu>; <privacy () vortex com> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 5:50 PM Subject: Aureate Media Spy
There have been murmers on the Net the last few days of the discovery by Dale Haag <dhaag () nol net> of the Aureate Media Spy. The first article about his discovery just went up. Your readers may find it of interest. http://www.federalcourts.com/ LOST IN (CYBER)SPACE-DOES PRIVACY EXIST Concerns Over Security and Privacy Alledged By Deborah Hirshberg Dale Haag, President of Net-Defender, Inc., a Computer Security and Forensics Investigation firm based in Seabrook, Texas, has made a discovery few of us wish to hear about. Especially given the most recent outbreak of criminal activity on the Internet. Denial of Service attacks and the clandestine monitoring of user activities are creating negative connotations for the future of the Internet. Haag's allegations involve the practices of one Media Advertising company that specializes in integrating banner advertising into desktop software. Through the use of software components installed unknowingly by end users during the installation of legitimate software packages, users may be unsuspectingly giving access to not only their private Internet surfing habits, but access to their system as well. Haag's allegations, in essence, send a chilling statement that "Big Brother is Alive and Well." At least in this case, "Big Brother" is a private corporation. The company, Aureate Media Corporation, through its desktop advertising software, appears to be violating the privacy and security of the unsuspecting victims who have downloaded products containing Aureate Media's software. These findings may be a major blow to Aureate Media Corporation, an electronic media and software services company, whose website promotes that it "distributes content to consumer desktops." Aureate Media also promotes itself as a company that brings together software developers and publishers, advertisers and consumers to deliver "value to consumers, generate new revenue streams for software providers and offer a highly targeted market to advertisers." .... -------------------------------------------------------------------- James S. Tyre mailto:j.s.tyre () cyberpass net Bigelow, Moore & Tyre, LLP 626-792-6806/626-792-1402(fax) 540 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 Co-founder, The Censorware Project http://censorware.org
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