Spy Act of 2007 = "Vendors Can Spy Act" 309
strick1226 writes "Ed Foster over at InfoWorld describes the Spy Act bill (H.R. 964) as having the same relation to the prevention of spyware that the CAN SPAM Act had to the prevention of spam. It allows exceptions for companies to utilize spyware for any number of reasons; if this bill had been law when Sony distributed their rootkit, they would have had perfect cover. Most troubling is that the bill would preempt all state laws, including those more focused on the privacy of people's data, and disallow individuals from bringing suit. It is expected to pass soon with 'strong bipartisan support.'"
Since no one here uses windows (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Since no one here uses windows (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just have "bad stuff" described in EULAs (Score:1, Funny)
1. This software does nothing so give us money for it.
2. Only you may use this software in only ways we choose but won't tell you so give us money for it.
3. Anytime you want to do anything with this software give us money for it.
4. We may, at any time, stop you from using this software and have you give us money for it.
5. Give us money.
Re:Since no one here uses windows (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This will legalize the NSA Spying and more (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Legal, not moral (Score:3, Funny)
Paranoid much?
Re:Since no one here uses windows (Score:5, Funny)
Ok. Rootkit my Knoppix CD then.
Re:Since no one here uses windows (Score:3, Funny)