Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry and I am going to need to grow more middle fingers in order to express how I feel about that: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/serial-spyware-founder-scott-zuckerman-wants-the-ftc-to-unban-him-from-the-surveillance-industry/
Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry | TechCrunch

The spyware maker was banned from the surveillance industry in 2021, but was caught flouting the ban less than a year later. Now the founder wants the ban lifted altogether.

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@wendynather

ah, chtuphuqueyou, eldritch god of GTFOOH...

@wendynather @evacide You just gave me the ultimate excuse to buy a 3D printer. I need this!
@gilgwath It is most gratifying
@evacide See, there IS a need for generative AI.

@evacide

„Middle fingers, put 'em high,
that's why they call it a bird
'Cause you put it up in the sky.“

@evacide
He needs to learn some other marketable skills.

Like mopping floors.

@mytwobits01 @evacide

At least then he’d provide value to the world.

@evacide you’ve got two more from me
@evacide calling him a “founder” instead of a “convicted fraud” is certainly a choice
@evacide I don't know if there's a filing delay, but only three comments show as being registered so far at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2025-0198. All should fly their thoughts there.
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