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Sears Installs Spyware
Topic Started: Jan 3 2008, 10:53 PM (34 Views)
SpookyTheCat Jan 3 2008, 10:53 PM Post #1
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Installed ComScore spyware without adequate disclosure
page 10 of a 54-page privacy statement
Sears Installs Spyware
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Posted by kdawson on Thursday January 03, @11:35AM
from the naughty-naughty dept.
Gandalf_the_Beardy --writes in with news that's been around a while but is getting more attention lately. Last month Benjamin Googins, a security researcher at CA, determined that Sears Holding Corp. installed ComScore spyware without adequate disclosure. Sears said, yes we tell people about tracking their browsing. On Jan. 1 spyware researcher Ben Edelman weighed in, noting that Sears' notice occurs on page 10 of a 54-page privacy statement, and twits Sears because its installation identifies the software as "VoiceFive" and later claims it's coming from a company called "TMRG, Inc." even though a packet sniffer confirms the software belongs to ComScore, adding "These confusing name-changes fit the trend among spyware vendors."
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