I am all for penalties for iligitmate installs where there was no chance for the user to know about it.

One of the frustrating thing with spyware is that it may be installed without your knowing, but it may be your own fault for not knowing. It does prove difficult, making this bill not really all encompassing, when there are so many spyware apps that are installed when you are installing freeware/ shareware apps these days. Most users don't take the time they should to read through the EULA (End User License Agreement), or Terms & Conditions to find out what they are subjecting themselves to.

How many of those that post on this site actually sit down and read the full EULA. I know that on rare occassions I find myself guilty of not wanting to deal with the whole thing and just skimming it at best. I have suffered for such actions wasting more time than I care for on removal of the extraneous garbage.

I would hope that a bill like this would extend forth and make one of the prerequisites of a spyware install a software purpose disclosure. I would like nothing more than to have at least a short, if not comprehensive, list of what the software may be doing when I can't see it.

Just my opinion though.

Regards,

Chefer

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Decent article btw.
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