The U.S. House of Representatives outlaw spyware.
 

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday voted to establish new penalties for purveyors of Internet "spyware" that disables users' computers and secretly monitors their activities.

By overwhelming majorities, the House passed two bills that stiffen jail sentences and establish multimillion-dollar fines for those who use secret surveillance programs to steal credit-card numbers, sell software or commit other crimes.

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Great now I can get rid of my spyware software. I mean the US passed a law against it so now it will go away.

the funny part is most of that shit comes from russia & the likes....so it will have NO impact

:1orglaugh exactley.

Well it's a start..something needs to be done

I wonder if 12clicks is worried?

I see a ban in your future :)

For what?

Yeah, CAN SPAM saved our inboxes :flagface

12 clicks is in trouble

No disrespect to the power of 12clicks ... but do you really think he can get somebody banned like that ?

this won't stop anything.

this is a fucking joke

ahahahaha, I wonder how much 12dicks is praising his Republicans today. A multi-million dollar fine is really going to put a dent in his chip stack.

What US government agency do you report spyware too? Out of curiosity...

Hey it was a start and long over due if they can stop even one of the major pushers of the crap it's a good thing

Oh, but don't worry his isn't spyware, the screwed over user has to agree to install it according to him. It's adware which of course is a totally respectable business model .. :1orglaugh

It will be interesting to read this law, that's for sure.

None of SI's spyware does any of that. :1orglaugh

Oh lord, this is going to be fucking great.

Well one thing that article did say is they can no longer hijack your home page..

The articles never give the full story. :2 cents:

another useless law
ban it instead of regulating it
push all of them out of the usa where its impossible to enforce shit
push all of the $$ generated out of the usa - so there is nothing they can tax
great move

Poor 12clicks... the king of spyware and scumware. :1orglaugh

It's pathetic how one-dimensionally our government thinks.

wow, i never knew 12clicks was a spyware pushing fucker.

either way i like the for no other reason then the fact that he gets under so many of you dumbfucks skin.

surfers and their imaginations. :1orglaugh

you see 49th parallel around? :1orglaugh

12clicks posted in another thread, that he has nothing to do with spyware or adware. Keep up guys.

You are right.

But this administration wants to go alone in eveything ( war, space military, Khyoto, 2257, road-map to peace , commercial treaties, ...)

If they would use their brains ( that excludes GW of course ), they would bring these matters to international orgs ... to get a law with big jaws...

Meanwhile, 12shits is clicking in his pants :1orglaugh

I think the contrary has already been proven. :2 cents:

that I'm involved with spyware?
your thoughts are almost as embarrassing as your pic. :1orglaugh

It's about time they do something I agree with

wtf?!?z??

don't forget Hooper

That bill (it's not a law yet) barely does anything over what the law already currently does. I don't see a carved out exemption to normal contract law. Normal contract law says as long as you willingly click the I agree button you are agreeing to the software's terms. Maybe this law should have widened the procedural unconscionability aspects of "agreeing" to a software agreement. Also, maybe used the central theory of "trespass" for computers (as some California courts have attempted) in making some spyware behavior illegal.

49th parralel was a bit over the line :)

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh Did his pet.exe get away from him? :1orglaugh

:Oh crap :Oh crap :Oh crap

Awesome get them bastards!

:1orglaugh

So did 12clicks get me banned yet?