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stilltrying
06-16-2008, 09:39 PM
Here is a new act trying to pass in Senate bill 1625.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/AntiSpyware-Bill-Brings-Back-UCITA-95335

http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2008/06/spyware_bill_cl.html
pcosmar
06-16-2008, 10:06 PM
Yet another reason NOT to use window$.
LibertyOfOne
06-16-2008, 10:23 PM
Yet another reason NOT to use window$.

Wore they could mandate that the kill switch be embedded into newly made hardware.
pcosmar
06-16-2008, 10:45 PM
Wore they could mandate that the kill switch be embedded into newly made hardware.

They are trying. It is called "Trusted Computing" and is embedded in newer chips.
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/02/yes_trusted_com.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5115609628556940516
Raditude
06-16-2008, 10:53 PM
That's why I won't switch to Vista, because it already has that capability built in. I won't switch til the good team of hackers crack it, so they have no control. Until then I'll use Windows XP Pro, and soon when I get my new laptop, Ubuntu Linux.