Yeah, I saw that on Slashdot the other day, and I thought it was pretty hilarious. Ironic isn't it, that the very company one hires to protect their kids from exploitation is the one that is exploiting the kids?
--Rohit Patnaik dramacrat wrote: > hahahaha oh man, that's grand. > > 2009/9/9 Ivan . <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids' > online activities may be unwittingly allowing the company to read > their children's chat messages — and sell the marketing data gathered. > > Software sold under the Sentry and FamilySafe brands can read private > chats conducted through Yahoo, MSN, AOL and other services, and send > back data on what kids are saying about such things as movies, music > or video games. The information is then offered to businesses seeking > ways to tailor their marketing messages to kids. > > > http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i5CjgMEdrwRm3JxeglUykMAHAYmAD9AGNVM00 > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
