Bill imposes hefty 'spyware' fines
 

Companies and others that secretly install "spyware" programs on people's computers to quietly monitor their Internet activities would face hefty federal fines under a bill the House passed Tuesday

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/interne....ap/index.html


Interesting.. Your thoughts?

I think that is a good idea... Don't like people or programs monitoring my porn surfing without me knowing...:Graucho

fuck, my apple shares will drop tomorrow.

God save the newbies.

Everytime I use a friends computer they must have 20+ spyware TSR's running. This will be nice for the casual computer user so there computer isn't brought to an inudated state of spyware.

-Tony

About fucking time. I got some shit on my computer that shut down a bunch of programs including cute ftp and musicmatch - because they both runs ads.

Fuckers.

Its a bill I'd support

i say there's nothing wrong with just a dynamic toolbar.. some people go fucking crazy with spyware and get malicious as fuck, gives the rest of us a bad name

:Graucho

don't most of them have some bs in their terms? like tucked away just like aol used to do with the one month free trial bs?

About time. Down with the spyware crap.

good idea, hopefully it'll pass.

This is a US bill...the bad spyware seems to come from overseas:2 cents: