Word: spywareã
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...user assistant for Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services, I have cleaned “spyware?? off more students’ computers than I care to count. This software can fill up your computer’s hard drive, take over your Internet browser and compromise your privacy. Spyware has garnered wide publicity in the news and word-of-mouth infamy on campus, yet the federal government has done next to nothing to combat this scourge...
...Spyware??s hazy definition makes it hard to regulate. Go anywhere on the Internet today, and this lack of regulation will be only too clear. The most popular way for spyware companies to install their software is by piggy-backing on the installation of other programs. These piggy-backed applications will rarely show up in the Add/Remove Programs control panel on a PC, since they are not meant to be uninstalled without the original program losing its functionality...
...Internet Explorer asking if you want to install a piece of software from an unknown company, that is spyware. Partly due to America’s lack of online privacy regulations, and partly due to the technical nature of this problem, legislators have only just begun to address seriously spyware??s threat to privacy and security. In August, Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif., introduced a law that would mandate that spyware companies be more open with their EULAs and privacy statements. Yet thanks to public outrage and the threat of anti-spyware programs, many “legitimate?...
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