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Re: FTC Spyware Workshop: 1st Impressions
Eric, thank you SO much for keeping us so well informed.
The regulators want to encourage "self-regulation"? Uhhhhh, okay. Like the chilling "self regulation" of FCC fines for poopy jokes, or the self-regulation of car makers left to their own devices and and 10 MPG Escalades? Great stuff.
I'm ignorant here; does the FTC get flushed out if there's a different President come January?
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SnowyOne
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| "I'm ignorant here; does the FTC get flushed out if there's a different President come January?"
I don't know the answer to that question, but I hope not.
The following quote is from Commissioner Swindle.
"According to Orson Swindle, a Federal Trade Commission member and past Hawaii political candidate, taxing Internet transactions "is not a nice scenario."
"By tracking individual transactions, the government would create a massive database that knows all your finances, your buying patterns and your personal preferences -- and all that is controlled by the government," Swindle told a Tax Foundation of Hawaii luncheon crowd this week. He also gave a radio address and spoke to the Rotary Club of Honolulu on the issue during his most recent visit to our state."
That type of position is a very healthy one.
For the full transcript (short) visit here.
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I guess so, although frankly it sounds disingenuous. I mean, many Internet transactions are already taxed (e.g. whenever your vendor has a local presence); and there are already plenty of massive databases of our buying habits -- they're called credit agencies; and as far as I understand (which is not a lot) it's up to the individual vendors to handle the bookkeeping.... It really just sounds as if he was playing to his audience there...
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SnowyOne
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| The reason Commissioner Swindle is not Congressman Swindle is that he calls'em as he sees them.
His refusal to pander to special interest concerns doomed his political (elected) career.
Betcha didn't know that when he ran for Congress someone cybersat his name. He is still a little hissed off over that. That's the type of expierience & oversite I like to see in that position of authority.
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SnowyOne
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from one of Eric's links
Mozelle Thompson, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, said it is too early for Congress and the states to pass laws to ban "spyware," the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Rather, technology businesses should teach consumers how to avoid falling victim to identity theft scams and other dangers spyware poses, he said.
My opinion only...
So it seems to me Mozelle Thompson acknowledges the existence of "spyware", but believes it's someone elses responsibility to clean it up. I can remember when my own children thought that way too. Thankfully they have shed that immaturity & have since grown into responsible adults.
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