MuniWireless

NebuAd, the company accused of wiretapping, forgery and browser hijacking by a Free Press report, has just lost their CEO, Robert Dykes. Sources report that the company has also laid off a significant number of employees. What happened to NebuAd? I remember them a year or so ago at one of my conferences — they had a booth and the promise of their software was quite innocent: they wanted to help ISPs deliver better targeted advertising, more relevant, less intrusive.…

The ACLU has published an article on what one should beware of when logging onto public networks, not just municipal networks, but also those in cafes, airports and hotels. But is watching your behavior online necessarily a bad thing?In Look Before You Log On, Nicole Ozer warns that many wireless services in hotels and airports track user behavior presumably so advertisers can figure out either how to sell you (or your demographic group) something.

I don’t think many people who use…