Re: FTC Official: Imprison Spyware Distributors

["Don Blumenthal" <dmblumenthal () gmail com>]

On 4/10/07, Kevin McAleavey <kevinmca () nsclean com> wrote:
>  Yeah, betcha those pesky Russkies and Chinese are shaking in their boots over that one.   :)

As much as they shake in their boots at any US LE. I'm sure that
Kovacic's testimony wasn't aimed at bad guys outside the US, although
SAFE WEB does give US agencies a little more capability to get at
outside folks.

>  Clueless @#%^$&*#%@$'s ...   :(

And your solution is ?

>  I'm reminded of my LAST encounter with those morons at the FTC ... have a historical chuckle, particularly the bottom of my 
> testimony back in 1997 ... FTC ... about as scary to ne'er-do-wells as the U.N.
>
> http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/privacy/wkshp97/comments2/nsclean.htm

Relevant to exactly what? If you've got a beef with US LE over
browser/OS integration, another agency brought the MS antitrust case.

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