Submission + - Spy Act Only Protects Vendors and Their DRM
An anonymous reader writes: Last week a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved H.R. 964, the Spy Act, which bans some of the more blatant forms of spyware such as those that hijack computer or log keystrokes. The bill now goes to the full committee for approval, and it's expected to move quickly as it has strong bipartisan support.
Infoworld's Ed Foster explains in his blog that "If Congress' approach on this sounds vaguely familiar, it should. It's basically the same formula Congress adopted four years to deal with spam. As we know, the dreadful Can Spam Act of 2003 proved to be the "Yes, You Can Spam Act." If wiser heads in Congress don't prevail — and who knows if there are any — I fear the Spy Act of 2007 will just prove to be the "Vendors Can Spy Act."
Infoworld's Ed Foster explains in his blog that "If Congress' approach on this sounds vaguely familiar, it should. It's basically the same formula Congress adopted four years to deal with spam. As we know, the dreadful Can Spam Act of 2003 proved to be the "Yes, You Can Spam Act." If wiser heads in Congress don't prevail — and who knows if there are any — I fear the Spy Act of 2007 will just prove to be the "Vendors Can Spy Act."