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3/28/2004

Gates Weighs In On Spyware Issue

Filed under: News — Charlie Summers @ 2:45 pm

From InternetNews.com: “We are going to help users be in control,” Bill Gates declared Friday at MSN’s Strategic Account Summit, speaking out against spyware to an audience of advertisers and marketers.
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3332341

Boy, there’s some irony. Bill Gates saying the user is in control, when some of the most powerful spyware is written by Microsoft. Media players, operating systems, all reporting to MS on your actions without your knowledge, and he says you’re in control?