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To: bcoffey
People need to get a license to operate a computer...

Nope! Adware, Spyware, Spoofs and Phishing should be crimes. Making the innocent to respond to the immoral is counter to the public interest. Punish the guilty, not the innocent.

5 posted on 10/25/2004 10:28:08 AM PDT by elbucko ( Feral Republican)
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To: elbucko
Adware, Spyware, Spoofs and Phishing should be crimes. Making the innocent to respond to the immoral is counter to the public interest. Punish the guilty, not the innocent.

Worth repeating in big, bold letters!

60 posted on 10/25/2004 11:38:35 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace (Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
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To: elbucko
Adware, Spyware, Spoofs and Phishing should be crimes.

Mostly agreed. (Phising is outright fraud and should already be illegal, but defining "adware" and "spyware" could get tricky). But as we know with gun control, making something illegal doesn't eliminate it.

86 posted on 10/25/2004 12:21:07 PM PDT by ThinkDifferent (A plan is not a litany of complaints)
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