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Too fine to spy

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H.Q. Victor

Post Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:08 am

Too fine to spy

It looks like spyware may get chased a little now, which is fine by me.
Link

Zapp Brannigan

Post Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:57 am

A step in the right direction, even if it won't do jack all against spyware. If it did, we'd have seen some kind of drop in spam e-mail by now.

Not that I care. Firefox keeps all the crap out (besides the occasional tracking cookie), and IE users keep me employed.

Megistos

Post Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:13 am

It's a nice idea, but, like it says in the article, Can-Spam didn't really do much. I doubt this'll have much effect, really.

spinnaker

Post Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:15 pm

uh-oh looks like im out of buisness lol just kidding, i dont think this will do much, but its probably one out of many steps that will be taken.

Indy11

Post Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:10 pm

I think they have a stronger case against spyware makers/users. They literally are trespassing upon/into each person's computer and taking information/property without the computer owner's consent. That's theft and invasion of privacy as far as I'm concerned.

Gowserpaul

Post Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:24 am

i can't see it having much of an effect but i would be happier and feel safer online if it did

H.Q. Victor

Post Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:37 am

At this time in the US, there is legislation that has passed the house and expected to pass the senate as well, that will make it a crime and punishable by 5 years in jail. Hope it does pass and is signed into law. That, at the least, will deter some of the spys.

spinnaker

Post Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:46 pm

ugh, i just got the most massive spyware attack ive ever seen, wierd popups at random times, it spewed a bunch of junk all over my desktop. the worst part is i dont have a firewall or virus scan, or anything of the sort, so i had to go and clean all the files manually, it really sucked.

DSQrn

Post Fri Oct 08, 2004 6:46 pm

ugh spyware, hate it. good job at burning those meanies

Esquilax

Post Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:25 pm

Well it *might* help to cut down on spyware, but I doubt it.

Indy11

Post Sat Oct 09, 2004 5:04 pm

It isn't clear who will be prosecuted. It should definitely be the people who "employ" the spyware as well as the spyware makers.

Azar

Post Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:09 am

The first positive step

parabolix

Post Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:02 pm

Psh,

I think all hackers should have all the fingers on their right hand cut off See em type then

Tawakalna

Post Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:11 pm

yay! punishment to fit the crime!

cardam|ne

Post Thu Oct 14, 2004 1:13 am

it sounds like that film with him outta Enterprise and Back to the Future, but i can't remember its name... where there's a computer crimes unit at every bureau or something... the film was kinda spooky...

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