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To: j_tull
Spyware purveyors ought to get jail time AND genital mutilation as their penalties.

This next statement just kills me: akin to trespassing on private property. It IS private property. It's the same thing as Wal-Mart coming to your house and putting a sign up in your yard. I had one of these things on my machine that was eating about 40-50% of CPU, and nearly all my dial up bandwidth, so that it was virtually impossible to surf the internet. I found out who the company was that put it out there, and threatened them with a massive class action lawsuit. Never heard back from them, of course.

One more rant, and I'll stop. Isn't it dangerous and contradictory for Democrats to support private property rights? Isn't that the roadway to a counter-revolutionary bourgeous middle class? Ralph Nader wouldn't like that.

6 posted on 04/10/2004 5:49:01 AM PDT by Hardastarboard
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To: Hardastarboard
A 'summer student' last year downloaded a bunch of software (for god knows what reason) onto the 'community' computer that is in my office and that I'm responsible for. In less than 2 weeks the computer was completely non-usable - extremely slow, pop-ups galore, etc., etc. - and had to be sanitized. The first run-through of AdAware found over 600 spyware programs onboard.

Disgusting.

7 posted on 04/10/2004 6:04:19 AM PDT by DoctorMichael (The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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