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Free baby photo trojan gets new moms to
sell baby-privacy
Free baby photo trojan gets new moms to
sell baby-privacy
04/04/2005 06:24 AMCory Doctorow:
A friend of mine worked at Procter and Gamble when they hit on the
idea of giving away baskets of baby-related freebies to new moms. The
idea was that a couple days after the family went home and they needed
more diapers, mom would send dad out with the package from the
freebies and say, "More like these, please." It's pretty clever, and
I'm cool with it -- especially now that the whole thing is handled
through brokers who take products from a variety of vendors, with
input from maternity wards.
That, I think, is a pretty good way of marketing to new families. It
doesn't compromise privacy, it gives them something they need, and it
doesn't force them or lock them in. It's informative, useful, and
respectful (provided that the marketing makes it clear that there's no
medical endorsement of these products).
Compare that to this: a service that sneakily gets moms to agree to a
"free baby photo" while they're signing all their necessary medical
forms on the morning of their delivery. The company that takes the
picture then sells your contact info to anyone who'll buy it.
On the morning of the delivery, the nurse hands a sheaf of forms to
the mother-to-be. Buried within is a release form offering a free
portrait of the new baby. Mom is wired to three different machines,
having her pulse and blood pressure measured automatically while two
others sensors detect uterine contractions and the baby’s heart rate
and another chattering electromechanical behemoth plots a seismograph
of both...
...[T]he photo enterprise is run by a third party, Growing Family.
They’ll shoot a picture of your munchkin, in exchange for his or her
name and birthdate and your full name and address...
Growing Family will use your information from time to time to
promote additional products, services, rewards and special offers from
Growing Family Network and its select Network Partners.
Another friend of mine had his baby daughter die from crib-death a few
weeks after she was born. For years afterward, he and his wife got a
steady stream of marketing materials, including ghastly "birthday
cards" from marketers who'd bought the information that they'd had a
baby, but never received the message that the baby had died. Needless
to say, when their next baby was born, they never, ever bought
products from the companies that ghoulishly continued to market to
their dead daughter.
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WF Fusion
WF Fusion
11/06/2003 02:58 AMIt's on it's way...
Now that's a pan! | Metafilter
Now that's a pan! | Metafilter
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Like magic,
the vibrating broomstick of progress sweeps the Czech Republic. (Czech
government
li
kes celebrities).
Hey! | Metafilter
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01/10/2004 04:31 PM13 year old suspended for using net send .. Stories of geek
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"Ask Metafilter"
"Ask Metafilter"
12/16/2003 08:48 PM"Metafilter"
"Metafilter"
01/11/2004 11:36 PMWhat is the Metafilter Law?
What is the Metafilter Law?
01/02/2004 03:45 PM WHAT'S YOUR
LAW? Every year the editors of
Edge ask a question.
And Metafilter too! Especially!
And Metafilter too! Especially!
01/18/2004 09:21 PM When does politics become
treason? Lincoln did it...almost. Why shouldn't GW Bush follow
suit ?
The Neocon Case for Imprisoning and Executing
Congressional War Opponents.: '
"Congressmen who willfully
take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the
military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged"
- that's what President Abraham Lincoln said during the War Between
the States. ' Right then. Where's the noose? Step this way, my
traitorous friends. I'll flip ya' for first in line.
New: Sonnet Fusion 400
New: Sonnet Fusion 400
06/17/2005 05:30 PMSonnet Technologies introduced the Fusion 400, a four-bay Serial ATA
desktop drive enclosure with hot-swap drive trays.
Gamers-Fusion
Gamers-Fusion
12/24/2003 08:47 AMVersion 3 status
warez.metafilter.com
warez.metafilter.com
08/27/2004 01:51 PM
After the FBI
raid five pople's homes (and the offices of one ISP) seizing
their equipment for operating a "network" sharing the
equivalent of
60,000 movies or 10.5 million songs (according to Mr Ashcroft) as
part of Operation Digital Gridlock's attempts to crack the
"organisation" known as
The Underground Network (and perhaps
to rail against the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' recent decision
backing up the legality of P2P networks) one of those raided -
"The Answer Man" -
contacts P2Pnet, to give the inside scoop and talk about the
distortions created by the media reporting of the case.
[Thanks Squeak] Ask Metafilter is born
Ask Metafilter is born
12/11/2003 12:30 AMask.metafilter.com
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first post to Metafilter
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03/15/2003 09:39 AMWe are appalled .. Leggo my Logo .. Here @ MeFi .. MeFi
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metafilter sources
metafilter sources
08/06/2004 06:37 PMandy finds that metafilter's most common sources are the same as
everyone else's
"Metafilter tries to piss"
"Metafilter tries to piss"
12/16/2003 02:54 PMmetafilter turns 5
metafilter turns 5
07/15/2004 12:00 PMno other blog has had as much impact on mass media. congrats, matt.
Metafilter: Still smelling like cat pee
Metafilter: Still smelling like cat pee
07/14/2004 03:06 AM
Catscan.com is one
of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how
these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.
comments on MetaFilter
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12/23/2003 06:11 AMQuake in CA .. Metafilter
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TrackBack at MetaFilter
TrackBack at MetaFilter
03/13/2003 10:15 AMMatt Haughey has written a TrackBack implementation for MetaFilter.
You can read more about it here. For now, it's more...
P-P-P-Powerbook | Metafilter
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05/15/2004 02:52 AMP-P-P-Powerbook! .. MeFi
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R.I.P. Suprnova | Metafilter
R.I.P. Suprnova | Metafilter
12/22/2004 01:06 AMNo More Suprnova .. Metafilter .. sad
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Where's Metafilter and Megnut?
Where's Metafilter and Megnut?
02/15/2004 06:20 PMPeople have been asking (not really), so I thought I'd let you know
that MetaFilter, Megnut, and A Whole Lotta Nothing are down because of
a bad computer fan. No ETA as of yet on when the box will be back up.
Matt Haughey was unavailable for comment due to laziness on my part,
but if he were available, he'd probably say something like, "you tell
those ungrateful bastards that...
So much for my vacation. | Metafilter
So much for my vacation. | Metafilter
12/31/2004 11:12 PMScary and well written first hand account of tsunami attack on a small
island resort .. "Long story short, lucky to be alive" .. So much for
my vacation. Metafilter ..
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Cold Fusion versus PHP
Cold Fusion versus PHP
02/17/2003 08:07 AMCold Fusion versus PHP
I just picked up some work (Pro Bono; sigh but for a good cause) doing
Cold Fusion work and this resource (albeit quite dated) helped me wrap
my head around it. It is also STILL the top resource for "PHP versus
Cold Fusion" via Google which is quite impressive for a 2 12 year old
technology article on web development. Testament to Google's ranking
of weblogged content. [_Go_]
£48m cash infusion for JET fusion
£48m cash infusion for JET fusion
02/16/2004 07:13 AMProfusion, not confusion or delusion
Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP-FUSION
Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP-FUSION
08/18/2004 02:57 PMAhmad Muammar (Aug 17 2004)
Ford Fusion Web Site
Ford Fusion Web Site
03/22/2005 04:31 PMFord mines consumers' wants: This is pretty brilliant. Ford
is using a Web site to let people outfit fantasy Fusions — a new
sedan coming next year. But they're not just throwing away the
data.
It's an attempt to more closely align consumer demand with actual
production, which often can be difficult.
The company is letting virtual shoppers build their own Fusions on
the Web, including pricing options and picking colors. At the end,
people are asked to fill out a survey giving their thoughts on what
else they'd like to see on the cars.
So if 60% of the people make fake Fusions in the color blue, guess
what color the majority of real Fusions will be?
Philips Acoustic Fusion A3.610
Philips Acoustic Fusion A3.610
10/31/2003 04:09 PMvnunet.com Oct 31 2003 3:36PM ET
Nuclear Fusion Plant: But Where?
Nuclear Fusion Plant: But Where?
12/22/2003 05:35 AMFrance and Japan are bidding for an international thermonuclear
reactor project. The experimental research will attempt to reproduce
the sun's power source to genrate energy that's cleaner than fossil
fuels or nuclear fission.
Of Cold Fusion And Perfect DRM
Of Cold Fusion And Perfect DRM
04/19/2005 11:06 AMIt's funny how every year or so, some company comes out with a claim
that it has created the
absolute perfect copy
protection system that works perfectly every time, preventing
unauthorized copying, but allowing authorized playback. The latest
such claim comes along with amusing boasts such as its ability to
"wipe out" file sharing. Beyond the fact that most content companies
(despite their claims) don't want to wipe out file sharing, there
simply is no way to make a perfect copy protection system. If the
content needs to be seen, listened to or read, then there will be a
way to make a copy and get it on a file sharing system. It's that
simple. Of course, we're dealing with industries that seem to have no
problems whatsoever in exaggerating claims -- so perhaps it's normal.
Next thing you know, we'll find out that these firms are working on
cold fusion and perpetual motion machines.
Have We Written Off Cold Fusion Too
Soon?
Have We Written Off Cold Fusion Too
Soon?
04/23/2004 01:32 PMFusion research is generally considered something of a pseudo-science
in some circles as almost every major announcement in the field is
later disproven or made highly questionable when the results weren't
reproducible. However, some researchers won't give up, and some are
saying that, while it may still be early, some of the
experiments are showing reproducible results, suggesting that
there may actually be something to the theories. After so many people
have been burned by cold fusion claims, it makes sense to remain
skeptical for now, but maybe the science isn't as pseudo as some
believed.
U.S. Cancels Fusion Program
U.S. Cancels Fusion Program
08/16/2004 08:42 AMWhere's Metafilter and Megnut?
(kottke.org)
Where's Metafilter and Megnut?
(kottke.org)
02/16/2004 04:08 PMJason’s notice .. the answer
kottke.org/04/02/mefi-mia
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Metafilter | Community Webl0g
Metafilter | Community Webl0g
02/18/2004 09:19 PMMetafilter pisses on the news
Metafilter pisses on the news
12/14/2003 11:19 AMMetafilter tries to piss .. Metafilter
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ask metafilter on how to meet a mate
ask metafilter on how to meet a mate
08/16/2004 02:04 PMthe consensus seems to be match.com and metafilter itself
Pictures from Iraq | Metafilter
Pictures from Iraq | Metafilter
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Yes, Metafilter, there IS a Santa Claus
Yes, Metafilter, there IS a Santa Claus
12/25/2004 05:19 PM
T.E.R.D. Tangible Evidence. Real
Discoveries. Dr. Lloyd Darrow may have
proof that something
- or some
one - really exists.
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