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Verisign's 'SiteFinder' finds privacy hullabaloo
Deborah Radcliff, SecurityFocus 2003-09-19

Privacy advocates have joined the chorus of critics of Verisign's "SiteFinder," which on Monday began directing mistyped dot-com and dot-net e-mail and Web addresses to a search site operated by the company and Overture.com, a Pasadena, Calif.-based advertising company that brands itself as a search engine.

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Fighting SiteFinder 2003-09-21
bl0rf
Verisign's 'SiteFinder' finds privacy hullabaloo 2003-09-24
Hugo van der Kooij (2 replies)
Not their first sleazy tactic. 2003-09-29
Anonymous
THEIFS stole my money and broke my internet NOW! 2003-09-27
Anonymous
A couple months ago, they were trying to charge me $250 for a domain name that SHOULD"VE been expired - extortion

Now, they think they can STEAL the hottest properties on the net right now... SEARCH ENGINES

Who are these BZOS and WHEN are we gonna DEREGULATE the INTERNET!?!??!

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