 keith2468Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB | reply to ojing
Re: Write to Congress ojing, excellent idea.
It is a tricky one though, because a lot of the software people here like has some of the characteristics of the stuff we'd like to outlaw.
Maybe:
"The Department of Homeland Security should regulate the installation of computer software via the Internet, to prohibit installations that occur without the informed consent of the computer user."
The thing is, what about java scripts in web pages. Or macros. Could they not be interpreted as software too. Are we going to have to explicitly agree to each web page? Or is there a better wording?
One factor is, we are drawing up a petition, not writing the final version of the law.
A petition just has to be clear enough for the people signing it to know if they agree or not. The details are for those who spend their lives worrying about the details of the law.
So would it be the DHS or the FTC or the FCC? Or should the petition just ask the government to outlaw it, and the government can figure out which department should do it?
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ojing
join:2004-03-09
Norwalk, CT | Wow. I suffer from a lack of imagination. I was thinking only of exposing this particular company to the various powers who have expressed interest in stopping malware. They can hold them up as an concrete example of all that they rail about. Local District Attorney and police authorities get TV news airtime as they stand alongside US Representative. That sort of thing. |
