[mdlug] [Fwd: [opensuse-offtopic] Spyware bill cloaks a mini-UCITA]

[Aaron Kulkis]

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Subject: [opensuse-offtopic] Spyware bill cloaks a mini-UCITA
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:45:06 -0400
From: Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com>
Reply-To: fmiller at lightlink.com
To: opensuse-offtopic <opensuse-offtopic at opensuse.org>

http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2008/6/16/1219/71034

"Subsection 6(a)(10) would allow a software vendor to surreptitiously
download code onto a user's computer and freely violate their privacy,
Butler wrote. "It would allow the provider to set itself up as an ad hoc
police force to conduct warrantless searches and to act as judge and
jury to conduct unilateral seizures. Private entities do not and should
not have the right to conduct law enforcement activities. More troubling
is the fact that the language of Subsection 6(a)(10) would effectively
allow a software provider to unilaterally decide to remotely shut down
the user's computer or Internet or other network connection or service. "

The only question remaining is: Have the members of the BSA sufficiently
greased the bill's passage?  Since "campaign contributions" to
Congressmen can be converted to private use such "donations" are nothing
less than a bribe.

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