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Originally Posted by Sagnasty's Finest
trust me...there are creepier things out there than that
my dad's company paid for him to take classes at Microsoft last year (i guess they offer them for Computer Engineers like he is) and he got to know some of the engineers. they told him that there is software where they can not only see what you are doing on the internet, but they can also see everything you are doing on the computer, as well as what programs you have, as long as it is connected to the internet. talk about creepy
however, they cant use it because of the privacy laws and crap
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This has been around for years. You can easily remote control someone elses computer (you have their desktop in a window on your computer, have control of their mouse and keyboard) from anywhere. You can easily lock out their keyboard and mouse controls as well.
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Originally Posted by Don't Punch Babies
And that was just a small minority ownership sale...they were saying the site is supposedly worth in the 240billion range.
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Ah "worth". What a great estimation. It is things like this that caused the first "tech bubble' to burst a few years ago, something the tech sector is just now starting to recover from. Such a great idea to attach a number like that to a website that is completely free to everyone. So you can make a few pennies in ad revenue, so what? Until they have a proven way to turn users into $$$ they are just another Skype.
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Originally Posted by sportsfroma2
I understand trying to make money or whatever, but is installing spyware the way to do things?? Thats pretty much what they're doing IMO.
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Data mining is the next generation of ads, and a proven way to get alot more ad dollars for your site. It is usually highly unethical though, so people try to do it very casually. Think about it this way: Facebook tracks where you go on the internet. It sees that you go to sports sites alot. So the ads it shows you while you are in Facebook will be sports related, making you much more likely to actually click on them (which is how they get their revenue).