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Utah Sees First Spyware Case

Posted by simoniker on from the i-spy-controversy dept.

denlin writes "According to a story at The Register: 'Overstock.com is set to become the first company to take action under Utah's new anti-spyware law. The company has filed a complaint against online retailer SmartBargains in the third district court in Salt Lake City. Utah's spyware law, the world's first, only made the statute book on 3 May. Utah is the only state with current spyware legislation, although California and Iowa are considering their own versions of the law.'"

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  1. Mad Utah Props by WwWonka · · Score: 3, Funny

    You go Utah!!!

    I'm getting sick and tired of low life no morals spyware companies knowing what me and my 5 wives are browsing on the internet!

  2. Re:This might work. by lothar97 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you had spent $700, you could've had double the spam- and double all your returns (0 customers, 6 complaints, and 6 times the charges on your credit card). If it sounds too good to be true...

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  3. Re:This will be interesting... by lothar97 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I remember the good ol' days before spyware: it was always took a little work to fix the PCs of friends. Now it's quite easy- just run AdAware and everything's fixed!

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  4. Re:Proliferation of stupid *ware invented words by offpath3 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Proliferation of stupid *ware

    Stupidware... Just one more word for the list.

  5. Re:This will be interesting... by IdleTime · · Score: 2, Funny

    SpyWare?

    Is that a feature of MS Windows? I can't say I have seen anything like it on my PC...

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  6. Re:A question by snyps · · Score: 2, Funny

    freedom of speach is not nearly what people say it is, if you go infront of the whitehouse and start badmouthing bush, then you will most likely be arrested. There are enough holes in the 1st amendment that you could fit an elephant through (accusation intended).

  7. Spyware can be a good thing by Skraut · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yesterday my boss got his first batch of spyware. When I explained to him what it was and why it needed to be removed he started getting paranoid thinking everyone was tracking him.


    He asked me "Why don't you ever have to deal with this crap on your system?"

    I dropped a knoppix cd on his desk and simply said "Linux."

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