Eliot Spitzer takes on spyware again
Eliot Spitzer is an ass, a scourge on capitalism who doesn’t mind littering his path to Albany with the hollow, zombie-eaten corpses of employers providing good jobs to Americans. But even a clock smashed with a hammer is right twice a day.
New York’s attorney general, Eliot L. Spitzer, sued another Internet pop-up advertising company, accusing it of secretly installing malicious programs on personal computers and sending ads through “spyware” that is already installed.Spitzer said Direct Revenue has installed millions of pop-up programs that also monitor the Internet activity of users. He asked a state court to stop the practice.
Prosecuting fraud is a legitimate use of the power of the AG. Spyware relies on secrecy, subterfuge and fraud to exist and spread. Lawsuits are unlikely to stop spyware, but every little bit helps.
[via Ace]
