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The Battle Against Junk Mail and Spyware

Posted by michael on from the no-quarter-no-quarter dept.

wildfrontiersman writes "A New York Times editorial by Brent Staples, The Battle Against Junk Mail and Spyware on the Web, laments 'The story of technology is the story of noble aspirations overtaken by a hard-core huckster reality. This process is on vivid display in the debate about electronic junk mail, which makes up more than half of all the e-mail that travels on the Internet.' He criticizes the new spam law, the lack of attention to spyware and how it threatens our beloved internet."

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  1. Re:Spyware is getting really bad by iron_weasel · · Score: 0, Troll

    This your friend is an idiot and you got a 5 from another idiot. I will get a zero for pointing out two idiots.

    What is so informative about a dipstick that lets spyware scarf his box? How about a reality mod?