Comments on: Internet Watchdogs Attack NebuAd http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: DPI: It’s Going to Be About More Than Ads [GigaOM] | BYOHosting.com Blogs http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-941485 DPI: It’s Going to Be About More Than Ads [GigaOM] | BYOHosting.com Blogs Fri, 01 May 2009 09:22:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-941485 <p>[...] issue that led to the hearings in Congress in the first place. And so far, DPI has been used by companies such as NebuAd to track surfing habits in order to serve up ads, and Comcast in order to block P2P packets. The [...]</p> [...] issue that led to the hearings in Congress in the first place. And so far, DPI has been used by companies such as NebuAd to track surfing habits in order to serve up ads, and Comcast in order to block P2P packets. The [...]

]]> By: DPI: It’s Going to Be About More Than Ads [GigaOM] | BYOHosting.com Blogs http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-941486 DPI: It’s Going to Be About More Than Ads [GigaOM] | BYOHosting.com Blogs Fri, 01 May 2009 09:22:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-941486 <p>[...] issue that led to the hearings in Congress in the first place. And so far, DPI has been used by companies such as NebuAd to track surfing habits in order to serve up ads, and Comcast in order to block P2P packets. The [...]</p> [...] issue that led to the hearings in Congress in the first place. And so far, DPI has been used by companies such as NebuAd to track surfing habits in order to serve up ads, and Comcast in order to block P2P packets. The [...]

]]> By: DPI: It’s Going to Be About More Than Ads http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-941464 DPI: It’s Going to Be About More Than Ads Fri, 01 May 2009 04:02:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-941464 <p>[...] issue that led to the hearings in Congress in the first place. And so far, DPI has been used by companies such as NebuAd to track surfing habits in order to serve up ads, and Comcast in order to block P2P packets. The [...]</p> [...] issue that led to the hearings in Congress in the first place. And so far, DPI has been used by companies such as NebuAd to track surfing habits in order to serve up ads, and Comcast in order to block P2P packets. The [...]

]]> By: Verizon Data-Sharing Hysteria Points to Larger Privacy Issues http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-930524 Verizon Data-Sharing Hysteria Points to Larger Privacy Issues Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:11:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-930524 <p>[...] it’s Google asserting that there’s no longer any such thing as privacy, fears of a carrier tapping into your web surfing for money, your social network using your movements online as ads, or your location data being [...]</p> [...] it’s Google asserting that there’s no longer any such thing as privacy, fears of a carrier tapping into your web surfing for money, your social network using your movements online as ads, or your location data being [...]

]]> By: Orange Rejects Phorm But Hears The Siren Song of Ads - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-909220 Orange Rejects Phorm But Hears The Siren Song of Ads - GigaOM Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:01:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-909220 <p>[...] uses deep packet inspection to serve ads based on the sites a consumer visits. A similar company, NebuAd, caused an uproar earlier this year, after Charter Communications said it would deploy the service. Charter quickly [...]</p> [...] uses deep packet inspection to serve ads based on the sites a consumer visits. A similar company, NebuAd, caused an uproar earlier this year, after Charter Communications said it would deploy the service. Charter quickly [...]

]]> By: Benjamin Wright http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-897465 Benjamin Wright Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:02:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-897465 <p>Maybe web users could protect their privacy by broadcasting legal terms that forbid Nebuad from tracking them. --Ben <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-privacy-policy-terms-of-service.html" rel="nofollow">http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-privacy-policy-terms-of-service.html</a></p> Maybe web users could protect their privacy by broadcasting legal terms that forbid Nebuad from tracking them. –Ben http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-privacy-policy-terms-of-service.html

]]> By: Congressional Scrutiny Hurting NebuAd - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-892457 Congressional Scrutiny Hurting NebuAd - GigaOM Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:14:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-892457 <p>[...] Higginbotham, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 8:14 PM PT Comments (0) Sometimes if you combine consumer outrage and an election year strange things happen. That seems to be the case when it comes to NebuAd, [...]</p> [...] Higginbotham, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 8:14 PM PT Comments (0) Sometimes if you combine consumer outrage and an election year strange things happen. That seems to be the case when it comes to NebuAd, [...]

]]> By: Charter Backs Off NebuAd, But Not Ads - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-885449 Charter Backs Off NebuAd, But Not Ads - GigaOM Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:07:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-885449 <p>[...] system that had stirred privacy fears about the way user data was intercepted and anger over an inability to truly opt out of the program. The cable provider said back in May that it was working with NebuAd, a startup in Redwood City, [...]</p> [...] system that had stirred privacy fears about the way user data was intercepted and anger over an inability to truly opt out of the program. The cable provider said back in May that it was working with NebuAd, a startup in Redwood City, [...]

]]> By: Mark http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-884578 Mark Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:11:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-884578 <p>So let's see here... so why aren't you writing about direct marketers and all the personal information they have about you like your physical home address, phone number, household income etc. etc. None of which technologies like Nebuad have nor will have. They don't even know your IP address let alone physical home address or phone number.</p> <p>You are severely paranoid for all the wrong reasons.</p> So let’s see here… so why aren’t you writing about direct marketers and all the personal information they have about you like your physical home address, phone number, household income etc. etc. None of which technologies like Nebuad have nor will have. They don’t even know your IP address let alone physical home address or phone number.

You are severely paranoid for all the wrong reasons.

]]> By: Janos http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-884496 Janos Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:26:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-884496 <p>Actually I think that it's the same war. ISPs are just trying to get the money back from Google using the exactly same method.</p> <p>A solution protect your privacy against any data-profiling (search engine or ISP) is to pollute the recorded data.</p> <p>Two FF extensions generate fake queries on search engines to pollute the collected data (at search engine level, but it also pollute ISP data): SquiggleSR (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5986)and TrackMeNot(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3173). Notice that the former also clicks on non-sponsored results so it may simulate realistic browsing activity.</p> Actually I think that it’s the same war. ISPs are just trying to get the money back from Google using the exactly same method.

A solution protect your privacy against any data-profiling (search engine or ISP) is to pollute the recorded data.

Two FF extensions generate fake queries on search engines to pollute the collected data (at search engine level, but it also pollute ISP data): SquiggleSR (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5986)and TrackMeNot(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3173). Notice that the former also clicks on non-sponsored results so it may simulate realistic browsing activity.

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-884454 Stacey Higginbotham Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:29:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-884454 <p>Hines, you bring up a good point about search engines seeing and storing search data. That's a different battle in the same online privacy war.</p> Hines, you bring up a good point about search engines seeing and storing search data. That’s a different battle in the same online privacy war.

]]> By: Charter Watcher » Blog Archive » NebuAD is as bad as we thought http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-884452 Charter Watcher » Blog Archive » NebuAD is as bad as we thought Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:12:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-884452 <p>[...] seems like everyone has a recent article on NebuAD’s technology, which was once thought to be simple deep packet [...]</p> [...] seems like everyone has a recent article on NebuAD’s technology, which was once thought to be simple deep packet [...]

]]> By: hines http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-884446 hines Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:36:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-884446 <p>Who will look into how Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft search engines track us? I guess since they say they're not evil they must not be. Or maybe we all prefer to demonize everyone else instead of giving equal review to all major providers.</p> Who will look into how Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft search engines track us? I guess since they say they’re not evil they must not be. Or maybe we all prefer to demonize everyone else instead of giving equal review to all major providers.

]]> By: ZDNet Government mobile edition http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-884442 ZDNet Government mobile edition Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:59:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-884442 <p>[...] Higginbotham reports at GigaOm that users can’t truly opt out of the system. The investigation shows that even if a [...]</p> [...] Higginbotham reports at GigaOm that users can’t truly opt out of the system. The investigation shows that even if a [...]

]]> By: Herman Manfred http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-884437 Herman Manfred Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:42:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-884437 <p>So now a NEW product comes along - a proxy server at a single location that your browser/PC =always= uses to surf - all HTTP requests automagically convert to a form like "http:///centralproxy.com?addr=http://www.gigaom.com" (that better not work for real!) and NebuAd thinks you really REALLY like the site "centralproxy.com"...</p> So now a NEW product comes along – a proxy server at a single location that your browser/PC =always= uses to surf – all HTTP requests automagically convert to a form like “http:///centralproxy.com?addr=http://www.gigaom.com” (that better not work for real!) and NebuAd thinks you really REALLY like the site “centralproxy.com”…

]]> By: duncan http://gigaom.com/2008/06/18/internet-watchdogs-attack-nebuad/#comment-884407 duncan Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:08:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13854#comment-884407 <p>You all throw around some very strong opinions for being as uneducated about the issues as you are. You take the words of extreme organizations like the Free Press are for their word and cry "big brother". Get your facts straight before you cast stones and cry woe is me.</p> You all throw around some very strong opinions for being as uneducated about the issues as you are. You take the words of extreme organizations like the Free Press are for their word and cry “big brother”. Get your facts straight before you cast stones and cry woe is me.

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