Hollings privacy bill really a trojan horse for spyware and data miners?

April 28, 2002 4:21 PM

Hollings privacy bill really a trojan horse for spyware and data miners? But Hollings' bill should outrage Internet users just as much as Brilliant Digital's spyware. For while it talks a good game about protecting "sensitive" information, the truth is that it would place a congressional stamp of approval on precisely the kinds of practices that purveyors of spyware are eager to engage in.
posted by skallas (3 comments total)

this kind of stuff just enrages me. our internet is being turned into an orwellian nightmare. i'll spare everybody the rant. great link, skallas. salon or not.
posted by quonsar at 4:34 PM on April 28, 2002

sigh. well skallas, i guess mefi'ers figure my outrage has got them covered.
posted by quonsar at 8:30 AM on April 29, 2002

Hollings == evil.
posted by delmoi at 3:45 PM on April 29, 2002