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

[Aaron Kulkis]

Jeff Hanson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> "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. "
> 
> This isn't enough protection for the industry by itself.  The bill
> needs to mandate usage of an OS optimized for back-doors.

And who is running this Congress???