Friday, May 12, 2006

Yahoo sued!

Spyware guru Ben Edleman has signed on to sue Yahoo! over allegations that it uses typosquatting and spyware to generate revenue in its ad placement programs. See http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/05/class_action_targets_yahoo_ove_1.html. The case presents several examples of click fraud and related practices. A pdf of the complaint is available here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/technology/documents/yahoo_may2006.pdf

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