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Mountains of data[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#13)
by Anonymous User on Thu Jun 17, 2004 at 10:57:08 AM PDT

Does any really know what is done with all that spyware data. It would seem to be so much information collected that it would take an army to get anything useful extracted. I seems clear they really want to know something about you, but what? Any insites from the spyware writters? My guess is this is just another form of virus - it jams up your system, causes grief and worry.

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It gets turned into marketing data[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#14)
by grolaw on Tue Jul 13, 2004 at 09:53:29 AM PDT

One way or another, the data collected has to turn a profit.  Four years ago Doubleclick acquired a direct mail company for $120meg.  See, http://www.directmag.com/ar/marketing_double_click_acquires/

I rank the spyware boys on a par with the spammers - except spammers are more like mosquitos - they eat and run and spyware is like a tick or leach - they hang around for a long time.

One legal area that hasn't been addressed is the spyware's collection of private data, i.e. your doctor's communications or your lawyer's communications & research.  

I wonder if there is a market for up-to-the-minute reports of legal research where one party wants to know where the other will hit them next in close-fought litigation?  

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