[IP] Interesting new form of spyware
Begin forwarded message:
From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk@xxxxxxx>
Date: June 22, 2005 8:00:53 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Interesting new form of spyware
Company accused of covert data gathering
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=55&ObjectID=10329897
A new computer program that tracks how people navigate their way
around giveaway disks has been attacked for the way it collects
information.
David Harris, a councillor on internet governance group
InternetNZ, says the SMARTrack Media package does not sufficiently
disclose to users that information is being collected.
"It doesn't matter how careful they've been with lawyers,
they've not been very careful ethically. Even if it's legal it's
not ethical."
The software has just been launched by Auckland-based disk
manufacturer Media Technology.
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---Rsk
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