House votes to outlaw computer spyware
House votes to outlaw computer spyware
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday 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.
(Via Privacy Digest.)
I wonder if this applies to government agencies? I’m sure they are allowed to use secret surveillance programs to spy on the productive people without whom they would starve.
June 30th, 2005 at 8:27 am
Should we pay more to have spyware removed?
Anti-Virus companies are charging extra to remove spyware, should anti-virus software already take care of this? Lets take a closer look at viruses, worms and spyware.