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Spyware Fines OKed By House

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-spyware-operating-systems dept.

glimmy writes "The US House of Represenatives passed a bill that imposes fines on the use of Spyware by a majority of 399-1. This bill excludes programs used by the FBI or spy agencies, though."

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  1. 399-1 by powerpuffgirls · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Geez, I would hate to be that one (1).

  2. 399-1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Who voted against it?

  3. You were wondering anyway by tetranitrate · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who often votes against spending measures, cast the lone dissenting vote Tuesday.

  4. Re:this just in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    no yuo have teh sars

  5. Re:By clicking OK... by jrockway · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First thing I want to do is head to the Add/Remove programs control panel, click "remove" and be done with it. I don't want to click Yes and No 4 times questioning why I want to uninstall, I don't want to enter randomly generated keys to uninstall, I don't want to hunt for registry keys and hidden files to manually uninstall, and I sure as hell don't want shit to reinstall upon reboot.


    Don't use Windows, then! I've never heard of anyone having these problems with a Mac or on a Linux box.
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    My other car is first.