FTC Officials Wary of Spyware Measures

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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Not all 'adware' is bad

[Anonymous Coward]

Personally, I love "adware" such as New.Net and don't understand what the big deal is about. New.Net is simply a new approach to domain registration and lookup, and a clever one at that.

If New.Net is what we're talking about when we say "adware" - then sign me up for more!

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