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FTC Officials Wary of Spyware Measures

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the erring-on-caution's-side dept.

Nofsck Ingcloo writes "News.com is reporting thusly: 'Two Federal Trade Commission officials ignited a political firestorm on Thursday by criticizing proposed laws targeting spyware and suggesting that the measures might harm legitimate software products, too.' During an appearance before a House of Representatives panel, FTC Commissioner Mozelle Thompson said the measures were the wrong approach to spyware and adware. Basically he is advocating a 'don't throw the baby out with the bath water' approach."

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  1. Re:Wonder how much... by sohojim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, FTC Commissioners are appointed, not elected, according to this page:

    http://www.ftc.gov/bios/commissioners.htm

    I don't think government employees can accept "contributions" from companies -- granted, that's just for "over the table" contributions.

    What's funny is that the Trade Commissioner listed after Mozelle on this page is named "Orson Swindle."

  2. Basically he is advocating a 'don't throw the baby by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Basically he is advocating a 'don't throw the baby out with the bath water' approach."

    In this case the baby is green, has 10 eyes, keeps track of your every move, spits in your face with ads, and is guaranteed to wreck your house.

    So you do toss the baby out with the bathwater. Otherwise you have a monster on your hands.

    Some call him Gator

    --
    Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"