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The Legal Status of Spyware

Overview Federal law enables spyware, adware, and phishing businesses to mine consumer data with impunity. This paper demonstrates that although some laws are ineffective, others provide consumers with some minimal relief. In addition, the paper proposes an innovative solution. It also discusses the implications of the "Evil-ution" of software developers in the context of the law, analyzing the evolution of the software developer, the impact of the rapidly increasing skill of the developers, and the disastrous outcomes that may occur if governments fail to act.

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Publisher	Indiana University	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2006
Format	White Papers
Topics	Data Mining - Analysis, Network Security, Spyware

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