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FTC Official: Imprison Spyware Distributors
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:57:31 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via the C|Net Security Blog. [snip] Steep fines are nice, but one of the best weapons against spyware purveyors is locking them up, a federal regulator told senators on Tuesday. At a morning Senate Commerce Committee hearing here, Federal Trade Commissioner William Kovacic said most wrongdoers in the spyware arena "can only be described as vicious organized criminals." "Many of most serious wrongdoers we observed in this area, I believe, are only going to be deterred if their freedom is withdrawn," so it's important for the FTC to collaborate on its cases with criminal law enforcement authorities, Kovacic said. [snip] More: http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6174873.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.0 (Build 214) wj8DBQFGG94Yq1pz9mNUZTMRAhDNAKD5J9OQTS03UhSgFaN03hAI0jyssgCg+/j6 Dn+ZvZvZ8isQTLDBjkMWpcY= =UbMX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- FTC Official: Imprison Spyware Distributors Fergie (Apr 10)
- Re: FTC Official: Imprison Spyware Distributors Kevin McAleavey (Apr 10)
- Re: FTC Official: Imprison Spyware Distributors Don Blumenthal (Apr 11)
- Re: FTC Official: Imprison Spyware Distributors Kevin McAleavey (Apr 10)