The Belkin router fiasco - if only they were subtle

The Belkin router fiasco - if only they were subtle

Posted Nov 17, 2003 17:56 UTC (Mon) by mikeraz (guest, #155)
Parent article: The Belkin router fiasco

Consider the possibilty that companies will do something similar in the future. However, it will be done in a much more subtle way. Instead of a redirect to the vendor's page the product of the future could do the following:

• insert their ads in place of ads from a web site
• inject their results at the top of a list returned from a search site
• slow down connectivity to their competitor's sites

Just three examples of simple, non-obvious exploits that benefit the vendor.

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