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Under Pressure, ISP Admits Secret Web Snooping in Kansas
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| Internet service provider Embarq eavesdropped on the web surfing habits of
| 26,000 customers in Kansas without notifying them personally, as part of its
| test of new, controversial advertising technology that profiles users, the
| company told federal lawmakers Wednesday.
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/under-pressure.html
Welcome to the age of corpogovernment-endorsed crime. In the case of Phorm,
IIRC, it's only the European Commission that threatened to take action.
Recent:
Controversial Ad Network Caught Editing Wikipedia
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| Phorm has been beset by controversy for years over its business model and
| quietly-run trials on British Telecom's (BT) broadband service.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/04/08/controversial-ad-network-caught-editing-wikipedia
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