Re: FTC Official: Imprison Spyware Distributors

[Kevin McAleavey <kevinmca () nsclean com>]

 Yeah, betcha those pesky Russkies and Chinese are shaking in their boots over that one.   :)

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

 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

At 02:57 PM 4/10/07, you wrote:
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> Via the C|Net Security Blog.
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> [snip]
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> Steep fines are nice, but one of the best weapons against spyware purveyors
> is locking them up, a federal regulator told senators on Tuesday.
>
> At a morning Senate Commerce Committee hearing here, Federal Trade
> Commissioner William Kovacic said most wrongdoers in the spyware arena "can
> only be described as vicious organized criminals."
>
> "Many of most serious wrongdoers we observed in this area, I believe, are
> only going to be deterred if their freedom is withdrawn," so it's important
> for the FTC to collaborate on its cases with criminal law enforcement
> authorities, Kovacic said.
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> [snip]
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> More:
> http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6174873.html
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> - - ferg
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