The dictionary defines spyware as the following:

any software that covertly gathers information about a user while he/she navigates the Internet and transmits the information to an individual or company that uses it for marketing or other purposes
Now, keeping this in mind as we have said this is pretty broad. Vauge even. Nevertheless there are certain key words in this definetion that should be focused on. Covertly. transmits. individual or company. marketing. Some spyware that we have been discussing does this, gator is an example. The weatherbug. I have always thought as these kind of spyware like T.V. commercials. They are for marketing purposes. However just like when you are watching the game, you do not wanna see these commercials. You just wanna watch the damn game. Does this mean we should sue McDonalds for interupting our viewing plesure? No, of course not. Instead let's make TiVo. Should these companies be sued becuase they are practicing there freedom to market there product. No. Let's instead make a anti-spyware. But, as with any other freedom this applies only to the point when it infringes on our peaceof mind. If I wanna crank up some Hatebreed while in my apartment I have the freedom to do that. However by law when that noise becomes a nucience to others then I have broken the boundries and should be punished.

Keeping this in mind now, if a company is infringing on my freedom to pursue pleasurable internet surfing shouldn't the samerules apply? Of course they should. No one has the right to just install something on my computer with out my autorization. That could be compared to someone entering my home and setting on my end table a plethora of ad's and coupons. No one has the right to do that. So where do thesecompaines find the reason to do this to my computer? No where. It should be treated the same as we as humans are treated. I we infringe on someone elses freedom to be left alone then that action should be countered with a just punishment. In otherwords, force them to take that stupid ass spyware off of there software. Make a commercial, make a website about it. There is no need to make hidden packages that infest my computer with crap.