Formeister
join:2000-10-28
Somers, CT
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| reply to Doctor Olds
Re: Bad Move.
Well, I'm certainly glad I never purchased any hardware from Belkin and after this post I never will. Nor will I ever recommend their products to any of my customers. Regardless of their motives it's unimaginable that someone, somewhere in their corporation thought this was a *good* idea! The stink and stigma of this will haunt them forever to those who investigate and research computer products.
Thoroughly disgusted! |
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cyberthugin
join:2002-03-12
Kew Gardens, NY | Belkin not spammer anymore, Belkin is big brother big sister, haha, Belkin next is going to be anything and everything. |
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dbarc
join:2000-01-22
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to Formeister
If they redirected once, it's too much. But once every 8 hours is disgusting. I have had clients use Belkin equipment, and will pass on the information about this move on their part.
I would question their liability. They were not redirecting based on your acceptance of any downloading of software, etc to your computer. And, if what I read correctly, they made no disclosure. IANAL, but I'd greatly question whether they are essentially hacking your internet data stream, which there are federal laws about. Remember, this is going on OUTSIDE your computer, much as if it was redirection at a edge router on the net installed by someone and done without knowledge. It's surreptitious and non disclosed. And as others said, there's much more than web pages that go through port 80 these days. I have a feeling they didn't pass this by their lawyers before they implemented it; and if they did, they should be looking for new lawyers. |
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