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Episode 09: Bonzi Buddy w/ Hyperlink — Commune College
This time on Commune College, Hyperlink talks Bonzi Buddy, one of the most notorious purple-gorilla-themed PUPs of the Windows XP era! But what does Bonzi Technologies' business model reveal about the surveillance capitalist internet of today? Listen along for spills, chills, and thrills!
SOURCES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU1hesbmaKM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy
Bonzi Technologies, Inc. (2004, February 18). Bonzi Software -- Exhibit C -- Bonzi.com
Online Privacy Policy Statement. Retrieved from https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/
documents/cases/040217exibcbonzi.pdf
Gibbs, S. (2018, April 09). YouTube illegally collects data on children, say child protection
groups. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/09/
youtube-illegally-collects-data-on-children-say-child-protection-groups
Google Inc. (n.d.). Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms. Retrieved from https://
policies.google.com/privacy
Internet Archive. (n.d.). Archived URLs from the bonzi.com domain. Retrieved from https://
web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bonzi.com/*
Joe Bonzi Executive Profile. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/research/
stocks/private/person.asp?personId=215109671&privcapId=51324423
Mills, E. (2006, September 25). AOL sued over Web search data release. Retrieved from
https://www.cnet.com/news/aol-sued-over-web-search-data-release/
Pasquale, F. (2015). The black box society: the secret algorithms behind money and
information. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press.
PC World Staff. (2007, April 16). Your Top 10 Most Annoying Tech Products. Retrieved
from https://www.pcworld.com/article/130647/article.html#slide6
Ravenscraft, E. (2017, August 14). A Brief History of BonziBuddy, the Internet's Most
Friendly Malware. Retrieved from https://www.howtogeek.com/321720/a-brief-history-
of-bonzibuddy-the-internets-most-friendly-malware/
UMG Recordings, Inc. to Pay $400,000, Bonzi Software, Inc. To Pay $75,000 to Settle
COPPA Civil Penalty Charges. (2004, February 18). Retrieved from https://
www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2004/02/umg-recordings-inc-pay-400000-
bonzi-software-inc-pay-75000-settle
oh and this is the song from the intro! https://fuzzyproxy.bandcamp.com/track/five-oclock-crowd-car
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This time on Commune College, Hyperlink talks Bonzi Buddy, one of the most notorious purple-gorilla-themed PUPs of the Windows XP era! But what does Bonzi Technologies' business model reveal about the surveillance capitalist internet of today? Listen along for spills, chills, and thrills!
SOURCES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU1hesbmaKM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy
Bonzi Technologies, Inc. (2004, February 18). Bonzi Software -- Exhibit C -- Bonzi.com
Online Privacy Policy Statement. Retrieved from https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/
documents/cases/040217exibcbonzi.pdf
Gibbs, S. (2018, April 09). YouTube illegally collects data on children, say child protection
groups. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/09/
youtube-illegally-collects-data-on-children-say-child-protection-groups
Google Inc. (n.d.). Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms. Retrieved from https://
policies.google.com/privacy
Internet Archive. (n.d.). Archived URLs from the bonzi.com domain. Retrieved from https://
web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bonzi.com/*
Joe Bonzi Executive Profile. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/research/
stocks/private/person.asp?personId=215109671&privcapId=51324423
Mills, E. (2006, September 25). AOL sued over Web search data release. Retrieved from
https://www.cnet.com/news/aol-sued-over-web-search-data-release/
Pasquale, F. (2015). The black box society: the secret algorithms behind money and
information. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press.
PC World Staff. (2007, April 16). Your Top 10 Most Annoying Tech Products. Retrieved
from https://www.pcworld.com/article/130647/article.html#slide6
Ravenscraft, E. (2017, August 14). A Brief History of BonziBuddy, the Internet's Most
Friendly Malware. Retrieved from https://www.howtogeek.com/321720/a-brief-history-
of-bonzibuddy-the-internets-most-friendly-malware/
UMG Recordings, Inc. to Pay $400,000, Bonzi Software, Inc. To Pay $75,000 to Settle
COPPA Civil Penalty Charges. (2004, February 18). Retrieved from https://
www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2004/02/umg-recordings-inc-pay-400000-
bonzi-software-inc-pay-75000-settle
oh and this is the song from the intro! https://fuzzyproxy.bandcamp.com/track/five-oclock-crowd-car