Digitalpoint uses blackhat techniques on their users
August 29, 2008 at 9:56 am, ScorpionoI’m shocked, digitalpoint uses blackhat techniques on their users in a sneaky ebay cookie stuffing strategy.
eBay Sues Alleged ‘Cookie Stuffers’
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Three men defrauded eBay in a “cookie stuffing” scheme that made it appear the men’s companies should be paid commissions, eBay claims in Federal Court. It sued Shawn Hogan and Digital Point Solutions, Todd Dunning and Kessler’s Flying Circus, and Brian Dunning and Thunderwood Holdings.
eBay says the men devised software programs that, “unbeknownst to the [computer] user, redirected the user’s computer to the eBay Web site without the user actually clicking on an eBay advertisement link, or even becoming aware that they had left the page they were previously viewing. As a result, the eBay site would be prompted to drop an eBay cookie on the user’s computer even though the user never clicked on an eBay advertisement or even realized that their computer had ever visited the eBay site.”
The complaint continues: “once the cookie was stuffed on the user’s computer by one or more of the defendant’s any future revenue actions initiated by that user when the user later visited eBay intentionally, and not as a result of any advertisement places by defendants, appeared to be eligible for commissions payable to one of the defendants”.
eBay claims the defendants also used deceptive means to prevent it from discovering the fraud, and to conceal it. eBay demands compensatory, treble and punitive damages. It is represented by David Eberhart with O’Melveny & Myers.
Related links: http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/08/26/eBay_Sues_Alleged_Cookie_Stuffers_.htm
http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/08/26/eBay.pdf
Now the shocking part from my point of view, check why this got banned from DigitalPoint.. Jesus, something is going wrong!
Originally Posted by Agent_Dweeb
Who finds it is a coincedence IntellectToday got banned?
I asked him. He got banned and under the reason “To save you from being robbed”
Sort of out of line but either way I have no opinion on any of this and dont feel like getting caught up in the middle of something that could just be a rumour
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anon says:
On September 1, 2008at 6:08 pm
I think that it wasn’t DP itself who was cookie stuffing rather the members.
VMOptions says:
On September 3, 2008at 2:57 am
Interesting. I never knew DP was cookie stuffing. That’s pretty low, but I could only imagine the money they made.