superstition
02-01-2008, 12:42 PM
Get ready for the bloat!
Oh, and that pesky profiling issue.
Regulators unlikely to block Microsoft-Yahoo deal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080201/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo_antitrust
U.S. and European antitrust regulators aren't likely to prevent Microsoft from buying Yahoo, analysts said Friday.
"Despite the appearance of unlimited choice in the new media environment, people's online activities will be tracked and shaped by a very small number of companies who care far more about surveillance and targeted advertising than the public interest," Turow said.
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, agreed and said "the problem of profiling Internet users will become more severe if mergers go forward without appropriate privacy safeguards."
Oh, and that pesky profiling issue.
Regulators unlikely to block Microsoft-Yahoo deal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080201/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo_antitrust
U.S. and European antitrust regulators aren't likely to prevent Microsoft from buying Yahoo, analysts said Friday.
"Despite the appearance of unlimited choice in the new media environment, people's online activities will be tracked and shaped by a very small number of companies who care far more about surveillance and targeted advertising than the public interest," Turow said.
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, agreed and said "the problem of profiling Internet users will become more severe if mergers go forward without appropriate privacy safeguards."