Charter Delays Info Sharing With NebuAd

Submitted by wccatv on June 18, 2008 - 12:43pm.
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(John originally posted this in the comments.)

From Online Media Daily:

Charter Communications has delayed its plans to start sharing information with NebuAd about broadband subscribers' Web activity.

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A Charter spokesperson attributed the delay to technology issues. "It will happen when we're technologically ready," the spokesperson told Online Media Daily.

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Wired: NebuAd Forges Packets, Violates Net Standards

Submitted by wccatv on June 19, 2008 - 10:24am.

From Wired's Threat Level blog: "An online advertising firm called NebuAd that pays ISPs to let it eavesdrop on web users doesn't just passively record traffic, but actively injects fake packets into responses from other websites in order to deliver cookies to users, according to a technical report released by the advocacy groups Free Press and Public Knowledge on Wednesday."

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