Re: SPYWARE laws that could favor software vendors

[Randy Marchany <marchany () CANDI2 CIRT VT EDU>]

A state bill was introduced in OK that would have allowed software vendors to
enter your system to remove unlicensed software under the guise of preventing
spyware. Fortunately, press coverage and reasonable thinking killed this bill.
See:
http://www.okgazette.com/news/templates/news.asp?articleid=597&zoneid=3

However, the article mentions that 12 states have passed similar legislation
including CA and TX.

Chris McLaughlin provided the following link for state spyware laws:
http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/legislation/

Has anyone run afoul of these laws?

        -Randy Marchany
        VA Tech IT Security Office