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tom10167 said:"The House bill approved Tuesday explicitly permits snooping software built by the FBI or spy agencies secretly collecting information under a court order or other legal permissions affecting federal departments.
The bill's bans against spyware would begin 12 months after it becomes law and would automatically expire after 2009."
I think the first paragraph needs explaining, and the second paragraph needs A LOT of explaining.
tom10167 said:"The House bill approved Tuesday explicitly permits snooping software built by the FBI or spy agencies secretly collecting information under a court order or other legal permissions affecting federal departments.
The bill's bans against spyware would begin 12 months after it becomes law and would automatically expire after 2009."
I think the first paragraph needs explaining, and the second paragraph needs A LOT of explaining.
gearfish said:Virus's are Illegal too...
diggingforgold said:1) Government can use spyware/keyloggers for investigation purposes.
2) Everyone else cannot.
I'm sorry, but I'm not about to be foolish enough to give up my rights to the government in order to stop spyware. Kinda funny how lawmakers sneak stuff like that into bills.
depthad said:couldnt you just put it somewhere that normal people dont read.
**Grins evily**
"Installing this program will also install a keylogger. If you do not wish to have a keylogger on your computer and you do not wish to have active keystroke monitoring please do not install this software."
Griffeycom said:It's not like this applys to people outside of the US...or am I mistaken..?