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April 10th, 2004, 06:02 PM
Link to story: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_garfinkel040704.asp
-{ Quote: "The Pure Software Act of 2006
100 years ago, Congress passed a law requiring honest labeling of food and drugs. Now the time has come to do the same for software.
By Simson Garfinkel
The Net Effect
April 7, 2004
Spyware is the scourge of desktop computing. Yes, computer worms and viruses cause billions of dollars in damage every year. But spyware?programs that either record your actions for later retrieval or that automatically report on your actions over the Internet?combines commerce and deception in ways that most of us find morally repugnant.
Worms and viruses are obviously up to no good: these programs are written by miscreants and released into the wild for no purpose other than wreaking havoc. But most spyware is authored by law-abiding companies, which trick people into installing the programs onto...
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-{ Quote: "The Pure Software Act of 2006
100 years ago, Congress passed a law requiring honest labeling of food and drugs. Now the time has come to do the same for software.
By Simson Garfinkel
The Net Effect
April 7, 2004
Spyware is the scourge of desktop computing. Yes, computer worms and viruses cause billions of dollars in damage every year. But spyware?programs that either record your actions for later retrieval or that automatically report on your actions over the Internet?combines commerce and deception in ways that most of us find morally repugnant.
Worms and viruses are obviously up to no good: these programs are written by miscreants and released into the wild for no purpose other than wreaking havoc. But most spyware is authored by law-abiding companies, which trick people into installing the programs onto...
.
.
." }-