Greg Johannsen

Idaho

Systems Engineer

Forget about coming up with an accurate definition for "spyware" versus "adware."

Just call it what it is: trespassware or, as I saw someone else suggest once, unauthorizedware.

I don't care what the software actually does once it is on my system -- whether it spys on me or just innocuously pops up ads, this does not matter. It is not the issue. The point is that if ANYTHING puts itself on my system without my explicitly authorizing it to do so, then it is trespassware, is illegal, and needs to be killed. End of story.

There should be no wiggle room here at all. I don't even care if something installs itself on my hard disk and then just SITS THERE and does absolutely nothing. It's still there, and if I didn't authorize it to put itself on my computer to start with, then it doesn't belong there and should be in violation of the law.