Re: Marketscore and Higher Ed

[Mike Iglesias <iglesias () DRACO ACS UCI EDU>]

> Hi,
>
> They can take issue all they like, they are still acting as a proxy between the users machine and the target system 
> .. be it a bank, medical records or our
> University.  They are decoding everything the user types and processing it.  If I were a bad guy, I would have a job 
> application in at Marketscore right now.
>
> I agree that they disclose all of the information about what they are doing, but I am know that someone like my 
> father will sign up for anything and he never
> reads the EULA .. especially when it's over 6 pages long.
>
> These are of course my opinions. (but we are one of the 2 universities mentioned by name in this article)

We blocked their IP address and setup our DNS servers to point any requests
for marketscore.com to a web server here that explains why we think it's
a bad idea to have that software on your computer and how to remove it.


Mike Iglesias                          Email:       iglesias () draco acs uci edu
University of California, Irvine       phone:       949-824-6926
Network & Academic Computing Services  FAX:         949-824-2069

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