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Australia Says No To Spyware

Posted by Zonk on from the sanity-down-under dept.

PrivateDonut writes "Australian parliament introduced a bill on Thursday that would 'make it illegal for anyone to install a program without informed approval and attract a fine of $10,000.' Is this doomed to fail as many other anti-spam/spyware bills have failed? Or has Australia finally hit the mark?"

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  1. whatever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i guess we'll have to simonize every street in the world 24-7 then, we don't want to get any more flat tires.