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Anti-Spyware Guidelines Get Final Version
Ant wrote to mention a C|Net article reporting an agreement by The Anti-Spyware Coalition on some standard methods for identifying and combating spyware. From the article: "The Anti-Spyware Coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Symantec, Computer Associates, McAfee, AOL and Yahoo, said on Thursday that it has finalized its spyware detection guidelines. The final version takes into account public comments on a proposed version introduced in October ... The Anti-Spyware Coalition's guidelines, or risk model description, aim to provide a common way to classify spyware, based on risks a piece of software poses to consumers. They also suggest ways to handle software, based on those risk levels."
Yeah, it gives you the perfect cancer when you burn it, too.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
In exciting news, the Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will follow the lead of the anti-spyware coalition and create a comprehensive list of methods that terrorists may use to infiltrate the United States. Once the list is completed, the DHS need only secure the methods outlined in the guide to effectively halt all threat of terrorist activity on US soil.
"We are very excited to be on the brink of winning the war on terrorism," reports one high ranking DHS official.
Congress has announced it will be introducing new legislation to make it illegal for terrorists to use methods not outlined in the DHS guidelines. The new bill will also have provisions for new highway projects, stricter anti-piracy regulations, and a term extension for members of congress.
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