Spyware: Terminated
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on September 29, 2004 at 3:48:33 PM
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill today that prevents hijacking installs from spyware programs. Now for the rest of the country.
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Among other things, the new bill prohibits the use of keystroke logging to collect personally identifiable information and the collection of Web browsing histories. It also bans software that takes control of a user's computer to send unauthorized e-mails or viruses. Computer code that modifies security settings also runs afoul of the new legislation.