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http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/canadian-businesses-lobby-for.html[^]
A coalition of Canadian industry groups, including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Marketing Association, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association and the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, are demanding legalized spyware for private enforcement purposes. The demand comes as part of a review of anti-spam and spyware legislation in Canada.
The potential scope of coverage is breathtaking: a software program secretly installed by an entertainment software company designed to detect or investigate alleged copyright infringement would be covered by this exception. This exception could potentially cover programs designed to block access to certain websites (preventing the contravention of a law as would have been the case with SOPA), attempts to access wireless networks without authorization, or even keylogger programs tracking unsuspecting users (detection and investigation).
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Thats why I never ever ever install an ISP's "software" on my computer. I don't need them to "speed up" my pc, or any of the lame excuses they use as to why I need it. I have not trusted them for years to not be spying and what better way than for users to willingly install their crapware.
Treat stressful situations like a dog, if you can't eat it, play with it or screw it, then just piss on it and walk away.
Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow.
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That's almost over the line of believable. Is boingboing.net the Canadian equivalent of the Onion or is this something real?
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Harvey
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6777/125/
you cant make this up
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