121media

121media, now known as Phorm and under much critisicm due to their PageSense advertising system, was a digital advertising business, responsible for several pieces of spyware software.

Their software PeopleOnPage was classed as spyware, while their ContextPlus advertising system was distributed as a root kit, called Apropos, which recorded users browsing habits.

121media is a business, listed in the business category. This entry was last updated on 12 October 2008, at 13:46.  

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