Doctor Four
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
|  Affiliate marketing and spyware: sell by any means
Sean Sullivan of F-Secure exposes a key facet of the online
adware business in his blog: affiliate marketing. He says
that affiliates trying to sell by any means are "the engine
behind the problem", not just for spyware itself, but rogue
anti-spyware sites as well.
Spy Vs. Spy:
»www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives···00000924
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carpetshark3
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join:2004-02-12
Colorado Springs, CO
 ·Qwest.net
| Marketing is clashing with privacy matters. There's a lot of people who won't answer survey calls or will lie. (I'm one)
Also a lot of consumers are getting pickier about an improved product - is it really worth the upgrade? I don't think a lot of the manufacturers have subscribed to the idea of build a better mousetrap. They are still relying on old-style demographics so now it's get the message across by any means.
Even snail mail marketing is getting nastier. I just got a renewal notice for a new magazine subscription. It had a READ THIS NOW type notice on the envelope! No more please renew.
So expect more spyware and spam on anything like computers, PDAs, and cell phones.
Carpetshark |
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