CNet has a must read article online about some quietly attached software in KaZaa. Brilliant Digital Entertainment, a California-based digital advertising technology company, has been distributing its 3D ad technology along with the Kazaa software since late last fall. But in a federal securities filing Monday, the company revealed it also has been installing more ambitious technology that could turn every computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by Brilliant Digital.
Brilliant Digital CEO Kevin Bermeister says computers or Internet connections won't be used without their owners' permission. But the company will nevertheless have access to millions of computers at once, almost as easily as turning on a light switch. "Everybody will get turned on in more or less a simultaneous fashion," Bermeister said. "This will be an opt-in program... We're trying to create a secure network based on end-user relationships." Is that so Mr. Bermeister? The BDE company could have achieved that even if the users would have known... Why do it secretly?
Brilliant Digital CEO Kevin Bermeister says computers or Internet connections won't be used without their owners' permission. But the company will nevertheless have access to millions of computers at once, almost as easily as turning on a light switch. "Everybody will get turned on in more or less a simultaneous fashion," Bermeister said. "This will be an opt-in program... We're trying to create a secure network based on end-user relationships." Is that so Mr. Bermeister? The BDE company could have achieved that even if the users would have known... Why do it secretly?
