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Holy Sh#t! Guess Who's Tracking Your Downloads (#337)
Posted: 7/22/2002; 12:44 AM by Terry Frazier
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Ugh. I wish this was a surprise. But there's no conspiracy here. Really.

One thing I don't get about the EFF. Why don't they blow the trumpet on comScore? This company has tricked millions of people into "download accelerators" and other trojan horse software that tracks their traffic, credit card usage (it actually captures numbers), and more -- all in the name of so-called research. Most of the download accelerator software providers they use are front companies.
Hey, this is one of the worst violations of privacy I have ever seen and nobody knows about them. You know why they don't? Here is the address of the company:

Reston Office (headquarters):
11465 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 200
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: 703-438-2000
Fax: 703-438-2051
Yahoo Driving Directions
If you don't get the implications of this, ask someone what government agency is based in Reston VA. BTW, comScore just bought Media Metrix and now own the online consumer data market. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] [Ye Olde Phart]

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