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House Passes Spyware Bills
stinerman writes "Today the house passed two bills aimed at stopping spyware / adware and unauthorized use of computers. H.R. 29 makes it 'unlawful for any person who is not the owner or authorized user of a protected computer to engage in deceptive acts or practices'. H.R. 744 (I-SPY Act) prohibits accessing a protected system via code copied on to the system to, among other things, disseminate personal information. Both bills sailed through the house and are expected to be passed by the Senate."
Seriously, that is a horrible analogy. I love Linux but c'mon Linux would suck just a badly and there would be just as much malware if the whole world was using it.
You'll have that sometimes...
driving a car, buying a gun, voting: don't forget running for president.