Spyware bills die;FTC says "good riddance"

* Spyware bills die; FTC says "good riddance"

A cynic might say that Congress tackled the spyware issue only
because it was an election year. Both the House and Senate
worked on bills to address the spyware issue, but in the end
nothing was passed. Maybe that's a good thing; the proposed bills
lacked teeth, and Federal Trade Commission head Orson Swindle
has said existing laws are enough to fight spyware. If that's
the case, Mr. Swindle, can we see some FTC action on spyware?
In the meantime, PC Pitstop CEO Rob Cheng proposes a simple way
to tell naughty software from nice. If users aren't aware that
it's being installed, it's probably naughty:
http://pcpitstop.com/tinylink.asp?PitBlog