Judge Halts Utah's Spyware Law

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Judge Stops Utah's Anti-Spyware Law

Judge Stops Utah's Anti-Spyware Law 06/22/2004 10:20 PM
A judge has granted an injunction against the new spyware law in Utah, in a case brought by adware company WhenU. The company claims that they support a federal anti-spyware law, but that the state law goes too far. While I've defende d the law in the past some parts of it may be questionable -- including a ban on certain software that uses context-based tools for advertising. Obviously, this is targeted at WhenU and Claria and others who pop up contextual ads, but as we've explai ned before, this should be perfectly legal if (big if) the end-user decides they want it. Unfortunately, too many people are confusing two different issues here. The first issue is how this software gets installed on a computer, and the second is what it does on that computer once installed. The real problem with spyware is that it gets installed without the user realizing it. It's not the fact that it pops up ads. If someone wants software that pops up contextual ads (see: Gmail) that should be their choice. The problem is all about how the program gets installed.

Can Utah's new anti-spyware law work?

Can Utah's new anti-spyware law work? 06/03/2004 06:41 PM

Judge Halts Gay Marriages in Ore. County
(AP)

Judge Halts Gay Marriages in Ore. County
(AP) 04/20/2004 06:20 PM
AP - A judge told Multnomah County to stop issuing gay marriage licenses Tuesday, but he handed gay couples a historic victory by ordering Oregon to recognize the 3,000 licenses already granted in the county.

Judge halts gay marriages in Ore. county

Judge halts gay marriages in Ore. county 04/20/2004 07:33 PM

Utah judge halts antispyware law

Utah judge halts antispyware law 06/23/2004 12:35 PM
A district court judge in Utah ruled in favor of a New York company that makes advertising software, sometimes referred to as "spyware," that tracks Web surfers' activities, blocking the nation's first-ever law targeting spyware. Judge Joseph C. Fratto Jr. of the Third Judicial District Court in Salt Lake City issued an injunction Tuesday that temporarily blocked the Utah law, known as the Spyware Control Act, which was signed into law by Utah Governor Olene Walker on March 23, after WhenU.com Inc. applied for a temporary restraining order, claiming the law would cause "irreparable harm" to its business.

Utah judge halts state antispyware law

Utah judge halts state antispyware law 06/23/2004 05:28 PM
A District Court judge in Salt Lake City issued an injunction yesterday that temporarily blocks a state antispyware law, known as the Spyware Control Act, from being enforced.

Judge halts sale of Okla. Indian oil
lands

Judge halts sale of Okla. Indian oil
lands 09/02/2004 12:35 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Sep 2, 03:13 am GMT

Judge Halts Peterson Trial, Testimony of
Mistress (Reuters)

Judge Halts Peterson Trial, Testimony of
Mistress (Reuters) 08/18/2004 05:03 PM
Reuters - A judge in the Scott Peterson murder trial abruptly canceled court on Wednesday, for reasons he did not make public, and postponed the cross-examination of star prosecution witness Amber Frey.

Judge Blocks Utah Law Banning Spyware

Judge Blocks Utah Law Banning Spyware 06/23/2004 05:38 PM
A judge has agreed to temporarily block enforcement of a Utah law—the nation's first such legislation—that aims to ban so-called spyware.

Utah judge freezes anti-spyware law

Utah judge freezes anti-spyware law 06/22/2004 08:33 PM
Adware maker WhenU.com challenged the Spyware Control Act on the grounds that it is unconstitutional.

Utah's 'Berry Bowl'

Utah's 'Berry Bowl' 06/18/2004 12:25 AM
Usatoday.com - Wed Jun 16, 08:03 pm GMT

Source: Utah's Bogut to Enter NBA Draft
(AP)

Source: Utah's Bogut to Enter NBA Draft
(AP) 03/28/2005 07:10 PM
AP - Utah center Andrew Bogut will enter the NBA draft, forgoing his final two years of eligibility to possibly become the No. 1 choice.

Utah's Bogut Selected AP Player of Year
(AP)

Utah's Bogut Selected AP Player of Year
(AP) 04/01/2005 02:01 PM
AP - Utah sophomore Andrew Bogut, who emerged from obscurity to national dominance in a single season, capped his college basketball career with The Associated Press national player of the year award Friday.

The Salt Lake Tribune -- Utah's
Statewide Newspaper

The Salt Lake Tribune -- Utah's
Statewide Newspaper 05/20/2004 07:20 AM
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Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
It appears that Yahoo heard the backlash loud and clear a few months back when they released an anti-spyware tool that just so happened to skip over adware from Yahoo partners. The latest version, built on PestPatrol's technology will now default to notifying users of both "spyware" and what they consider to be "adware" and then give the user the choice of what to do. I haven't tested the product yet, but it sounds like they're moving in the right direction. It still makes you wonder what they were thinking in offering a purposely crippled offering. People know what spyware is, and telling them that spyware isn't spyware doesn't change how people feel about it. It also doesn't make them look kindly back at the company that provided them with the bogus anti-spyware tool in the first place.

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware 04/22/2004 02:36 AM
Just a few weeks after saying that they're going to start bundling spyware/adware with their instant messenger product, AOL announces their latest anti-spyware application. While we've been complaining about anti-spyware from ISPs that just points out the spyware, AOL claims that this version will disable (though not delete) the spyware. I wonder if it will catch the spyware that AOL installs themselves.

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
We didn't write about Yahoo's new "anti-spyware" toolbar that they announced last week, because it seemed to receive plenty of hype, and there were no real reviews of how it worked. There are so many so-called anti-spyware applications out there that don't actually stop spyware and adware for fear of upsetting marketing companies or out of worries that actually stopping spyware may make some applications stop working (upsetting the user), that we figured Yahoo's anti-spyware app (hype and all) probably wouldn't be much to bother with. It certainly looks like that may be the case. eWeek is now reporting that Yahoo tries to dance the careful dance of not upsetting certain companies who threate n to sue people who call their application spyware. Of course, the situation is even more complex because Claria (who you probably know as Gator - despite their attempt to change their name to shake that spyware label) is also a partner of Yahoo. So, it's really not surprising that the default setting for Yahoo's anti-spyware app won't actually remove services like Gator or WhenU. Instead, Yahoo's spyware remover claims these programs are "adware" and will only remove them if you click and extra check box each time you run the program. In other words, once again, you can't trust a provider of anti-spyware software, because they're playing both sides of the fence: partnering with providers on the one hand, and then offering weak removal products on the other. If Yahoo were serious about removing spyware from the computers of users they would refuse to partner with companies that used surreptitious tactics to be installed on computers. Instead, they want to look good to users in the front, while letting in spyware/adware from partners through the backdoor.

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law 04/13/2004 03:42 PM

Dell halts sales of low-

Dell halts sales of low- 08/16/2004 01:48 PM
Techzonez Aug 16 2004 5:10PM GMT

Los Alamos Lab Halts Operations

Los Alamos Lab Halts Operations 07/17/2004 04:48 AM
The birthplace of the atom bomb stops all operations after a grad student is hurt with a laser. It is the latest in a string of safety lapses, including the possible loss of classified information earlier in the week. The lab's director is not pleased. By Noah Shachtman.

PM FAQ: Windows XP SP2 Halts
Installation

PM FAQ: Windows XP SP2 Halts
Installation 09/20/2004 06:53 PM

New evidence halts 9/11 verdict

New evidence halts 9/11 verdict 01/22/2004 03:11 AM
German prosecutors win more time for their faltering case against terror suspect Abdelghani Mzoudi.

Ericsson Halts Bluetooth Development

Ericsson Halts Bluetooth Development 09/03/2004 04:09 PM
Ericsson Sverige AB, the Swedish developer of telecommunications silicon, has decided to stop Bluetooth development, which the company said was an indicator of the technology's mature state.

Lindows halts stock release

Lindows halts stock release 08/20/2004 08:22 AM
Computer Weekly Aug 20 2004 12:10PM GMT

E.P.A. Halts Florida Test on Pesticides

E.P.A. Halts Florida Test on Pesticides 04/09/2005 03:55 AM
Stephen L. Johnson is canceling a study of the effects of pesticides on infants, a day after two senators said they would block his confirmation if the research continued.

StorageTek halts ILM trademark effort

StorageTek halts ILM trademark effort 05/18/2004 06:02 AM
Personal Computer World May 18 2004 10:19AM GMT

Fight halts Big Brother coverage

Fight halts Big Brother coverage 06/17/2004 06:34 AM
Channel 4 suspends live coverage of Big Brother for an hour after violence breaks out in the house.

Abraham Halts DOE Operations Using Disks
(AP)

Abraham Halts DOE Operations Using Disks
(AP) 07/23/2004 04:22 PM
AP - Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham on Friday ordered a halt to all Energy Department operations across the country that use the kind of computer disks reported missing last week at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Intel Halts Development of 2 New
Microprocessors

Intel Halts Development of 2 New
Microprocessors 05/07/2004 09:49 PM
New York Times May 8 2004 2:08AM GMT

China Halts Poultry Imports From U.S.
(AP)

China Halts Poultry Imports From U.S.
(AP) 02/10/2004 06:52 AM
AP - China banned U.S. poultry imports Tuesday to ease growing fears about bird flu, announcing in an emergency notice that any American fowl that have already arrived at its ports would be returned or destroyed.

Ohio Halts E-Voting Machines

Ohio Halts E-Voting Machines 12/04/2003 06:04 AM
Fears of vote tampering cause the state to delay implementation of new touch-screen systems until after the November 2004 election. Meanwhile, state officials will work with manufacturers to make the systems more secure.

Zimbabwe halts emergency food aid

Zimbabwe halts emergency food aid 05/11/2004 07:58 AM
Zimbabwe tells international donors it expects a bumper harvest but suspicions are raised of political motivations.

Tennis: Hrbaty halts Federer

Tennis: Hrbaty halts Federer 08/03/2004 06:23 PM
Dominik Hrbaty brings Roger Federer's 23-match winning streak to an end at the Cincinnati Masters.

Calif. Halts E-Vote Certification

Calif. Halts E-Vote Certification 11/04/2003 06:25 AM
The discovery that uncertified software may have been used in electronic voting machines has prompted California officials to delay plans to approve new machines made by Diebold Election Systems. Kim Zetter reports from Sacramento, California.

EC Halts Probe into Oracle-PeopleSoft
Bid

EC Halts Probe into Oracle-PeopleSoft
Bid 04/15/2004 11:36 PM
Internet.com Apr 16 2004 3:07AM GMT

Report: CIA Halts Interrogation Tactics
(AP)

Report: CIA Halts Interrogation Tactics
(AP) 06/27/2004 12:02 AM
AP - The CIA has suspended use of some White House-approved aggressive interrogation tactics employed to extract information from reluctant al-Qaida prisoners, The Washington Post said.

Cricket: Rain halts England

Cricket: Rain halts England 04/24/2004 12:54 PM
Just 16 overs are possible in Trinidad before England's one-day match against West Indies is called off.

Sony halts Clie launches in US

Sony halts Clie launches in US 06/02/2004 06:56 AM
Computer Weekly Jun 2 2004 10:58AM GMT

Tennis: Robredo halts Rusedski

Tennis: Robredo halts Rusedski 08/05/2004 07:37 PM
Greg Rusdeski loses in straight sets to Tommy Robredo at the Cincinnati Masters.
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