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- masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29My general policy and viewpoint on laws is that: if you can't enforce the law, the law should not be passed.
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Actually, google bots do that already. Every once in a while, I come across a link that when I click it, first brings up a page from google warning me that it contains malware.
(DANG, beaten by ten minutes! I should refresh more often) - lolhax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8And what happens when a site is flagged by mistake? Who decides what sites go in the list?
- fkr3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6They do, at least Google does. If it's aware of a problem you're taken to a special page and you have to cut & paste the url to proceed. The result in the G. page has a link to here under the title, with the main link redirected to the warning page shown here:
http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=45449&topic=360&hl=en&sa=X&oi=malwarewarninglink&resnum=2&ct=help - ConceptJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Unfortunately, Congress' viewpoint is that if you can't enforce a law, you need to pass more unenforceable laws.
- ConceptJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If Congress gets involved, we are very lucky if they don't make things worse. If they aren't whoring themselves out to the highest bidders, they are making decisions on issues of which they are completely ignorant (Just ask Senator "Tubes" Stevens). And even if they had any idea what the real problems and best solutions are, they are only interested in _appearing_ to do something good, regardless of what actually happens. It's all about the buying next election. It would be better if they did nothing at all.
- roosterjm2k2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It doesnt need to be a law, just a good set of tools
the problem is, no company with enough user base to actually create something like that can actually play nice and work with other companies of the same caliber ... so we get 15 ***** options instead of 1 good one... - UberNick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What classifies a law as enforceable? If, for the sake of argument, 51% of murder cases went unsolved, would that mean murder is unenforced? That's an honest question I've received for offering this viewpoint, and would appreciate a good answer if anyone has one.
- slearwig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Whoops, thanks fkr3. That's a feature I haven't encountered yet.
- slearwig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Why don't the Google/Yahoo/etc. index bots flag the sites that contain spyware?
- addicted68098, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wonder if congress is competent enough to pull anything off, they will probably make a ban that legalizes any program that reports back to the internet.
- superflyscb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Basically the same thing is going to happen with this as happened with the CAN SPAM and RID SPAM acts in 2003, its practically going to be worthless. Spamming got worse after the CAN SPAM act passed, now the same will end up happening with spyware due to lack of ability to enforce it...........
- mojibyrd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1***** the government is tracking and tracing everything you are doing now via, cell phone, television, internet, spy cams, etc. etc. etc.....of course they will give the illusion of stopping this.
- slearwig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The webmaster should be able to request a review,. meanwhile the flagging doesn't have to exclude the site from the search results; mearly warn websurfers of the potential like McAfee's Site Advisor currently does or allow users to filter out the flagged sites by choice in Google Preferences.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1 How about this.
1) It shall now be illegal to imbed a file within an email, download, or webpage that runs any program or process the user did not knowingly consent too in clear and honest terms.
2) All programs must have a fully functional uninstall and register themselves in add remove programs. Having to be redirected to a website or download a file to complete the uninstall will now violate the law.
3) Mousetrapping ( disabling a websites back feature) is now illegal.
4) Destroying a computer users files through malicious activity will now be treated exactly as if you broke into their house and burned their personal file cabinet.
5) Changing a persons homepage without consent is now illegal.
6) Piggybacking programs within other programs without an explicit explanation and a check box option to disable said programs is now illegal.
7) Using another computers processing power without the users knowledge is now illegal and will be be viewed by law in a similar content to tapping off your neighbors electricity.
8) Many users prey upon United States Citizens from off shore. Egregious offenders will be brought to the attentional of local authorities but in the case of repeated attacks and violations and against our citizens the United States will reserve the right to take offensive action against the perpetrators in whatever manner they see fit. You have been warned.
I could go on but you get the idea. The penalties would have to be worked out but it would be a start. From the actions of the government I can only conclude that they don't care about the problem or they are just so fundamentally broken they can't fix anything at this point.
Why can't Spam be banned? Who wants it? Who benefits? Who would miss it? 99.9999999999999999% would love to see it outlawed but Congress can't even make that happen. - charlene89, on 11/30/2007, -0/+0Fighting spyware as impossible as fighting email spam. http://spysweeper-download.blogspot.com illustrates a better way of guarding sensitive data - use antispyware and never rely on legislation )) another cool application is Xoftspy from http://xoftspyantispyware.blogspot.com which features very user-friendly GUI.
- Murdats, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1apparently neither is reply
- superflyscb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I fart in your general direction :P
- foxhoundadmin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1i thought it was funny :\
- RiverBelow, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Foreigner?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+8congress will keep them spy where out of them tubes!
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