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Tag Archives: spyware
Bavarian Government Gets Up Close and Personal
The German state of Bavaria has approved laws that “allow the police to plant spyware”:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/bavaria_police_spyware_plan/ on the computers of suspected terrorists. While German federal laws restrict the government to infecting computers with email, Bavarian laws allow police to enter a … Continue reading
StopBadware hosts Spyware Roundtable in DC
Yesterday, StopBadware hosted a Spyware Roundtable conversation in Washington, DC, gathering leaders in spyware research and policy to discuss emerging trends and potential remedies to badware threats. With Federal Trade Commissioner Jon Leibowitz in attendance, much of the conversation centered … Continue reading
Rogue Anti-Spyware
So, Grandpa Albert thinks he might have badware on his computer. It’s just not running the way it used to. Everything is slow. He doesn’t see any pop-up ads like last time but these days it feels like he’s always … Continue reading
Zango unsuccessful in suits against anti-spyware companies
Adware company Zango has recently struck out in its lawsuits against two anti-spyware software vendors. Zango had used the suits to challenge makers of security software that labeled its products as spyware. Zango’s suit against PC Tools was dropped last … Continue reading
More debate over anti-spyware laws
Debate over several proposed U.S. federal anti-spyware laws continued at the Anti-Spyware Coalition conference last week at Harvard. In a panel on public policy moderated by StopBadware’s own John Palfrey, panelists from the Center for Democracy and Technology and the … Continue reading
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Recordings from the Anti-Spyware Coalition conference
Recordings of sessions at the Anti-Spyware Coalition conference, which took place this past Wednesday at Harvard Law School, are now available: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 You will need Real 10 Player to play the recordings (free download available … Continue reading
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Blogging the ASC: New Market Trends in Responding to Spyware
We have one more panel’s worth of notes from our blogging of yesterday’s Anti-Spyware Coalition conference. Here, StopBadware researcher Oliver Day shares his notes on the Trends panel, which closed out the day at the conference: Google: * The interstitial … Continue reading
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Blogging the ASC: Public Policy & Legislation
Continuing with the live-blogging of the Anti-Spyware Coalition conference, here are StopBadware intern Mike Connolly’s notes on the Public Policy discussion panel: John Palfrey, Executive Director of the Berkman Center, is the moderator of this segment. He is joined by … Continue reading
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Blogging the ASC: Spyware and Domestic Abuse
Jason Callina, a StopBadware senior developer, shares his notes on the ASC lunchtime discussion about the use of spyware in domestic abuse: Cindy Southworth of the National Network to End Domestic Violence introduces a victim of domestic violence including abuse … Continue reading
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Blogging the ASC: Internationalization of Spyware
Continuing our blogging of the ASC conference, StopBadware senior developer Liana Leahy’s notes on the panel on Internationalization of Spyware: Vincent Weafer of Symantec – Spyware varies between nations. Chris Boyd of Facetime – Shows where hijacked people are. The … Continue reading
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