Vonage criticized to feed spyware industry
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Worse or worst situation for Vonage? Benjamin Edelman, self-described as a former student fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, criticized the VoIP service provider their “reckless advertising practices.”
“Vonage spends huge amounts on advertising ― more than $20 million per month. Unfortunately, among this spending is widespread and substantial spyware-delivered advertising.”
Besides the traditional banners in others’ sites, Vonage would have sponsored spyware-delivered pop-up ads, banners spyware lead acquisitions, and spyware-delivered banner farms.
Impressive campaign tactics. But keeps saying Edelman, “for years, my manual and automated testing have documented Vonage ads appearing in all the major spyware programs. Now that Vonage has completed its IPO ― itself promoted as a way to raise more money to buy more advertising ― this page presents twelve recent examples of Vonage ads appearing in spyware.”
For the record, at the TechEffect Convergence 2.0 conference back in late June, Vonage chairman Jeffrey Citron confirmed that his company will be spending $360-$380 million into marketing campaign. So this should not stop by tomorrow.
Jul 18, 2006 | By Nuno
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