There’s something to be said for editorial integrity. And something else to be said about Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that unscrupulously insert their own advertisements into the Web pages that you view.

Hate spyware? Hate adware? Here’s something new to hate…

ISPs and advertisers that don’t know their bounds.

Thankfully, the University of Washington Security and Privacy Research Group and the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkley, California have built a “measurement infrastructure” to determine if your ISP is plastering its own ads on your favorite sites.

When you visit the UW CSE and ICSI Web Integrity Checker, you’re participating in an experiment that tracks modified Web content.

Score a big one for the good folks in the white hats.

And in allegedly related news, Adzilla has just scored a $10 million dollar first round of funding, for guess what…

Tags: spyware, adware