A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to prohibit unauthorized installation of software on a computer, require clear disclosure about the source of any advertising and about uninstall capabilities, etc. The Spy Block Act (S. 687) has been referred to the Senate Committe on Science, Commerce and Transportation and won’t be sent to the full Senate for a vote til they’ve approved it.. Don’t know if there’s any interest in this, but if you are one who’s said about spyware, “There oughta be a law!” this is your chance to make your feelings known on getting this done, or even on what the bill should include. The text of the bill and other info can be found by going here: http://thomas.loc.gov/%5B/url%5D and keying “S. 687” (no quotes) into the Search Bill Text 109th Congress box (I can’t link directly to search results; they’re temporary). A list of Committee members with addresses, phone #, and links to their web pages, through which you can usually send them an email, is here: http://commerce.senate.gov/about/membership.html%5B/url%5D . I assume this post doesn’t violate the rule about political posts, but if it violates one about being too boring for words, go ahead and delete it. 
Maud
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