Thanks.

Long ago in a forum far far away...
WHY do people seem to think that "Spyware" poses some additional risk?? Such fear is irrational and unjustified, from technical or legal standpoints.

It all is a matter of opinion in what kind of society one likes to live in:
- Big brother watching you
or
- Ensuring one's privacy and having choices what personal information one gives out

If I lived in China or Russia, I have not much choice probably. Even the newspaper articles are 'filtered'.

You have no problem with sharing your personal surfing habits? Fine. Open up your PC to the world.
I am sure you have a firewall running?

Choice is the agenda, freedom of choice.
Internet included.

JD

In fact, the internet and newspapers are monitored in many more places than just Russia and China; with privacy becoming 'limited' around the world it is only natural for companies to want to take a part in this. Firewalls help if you are into security and retaining privacy. Safeweb.com does a nice job also of keeping the user private, but even they take information from their users, and bombard you with ads. If you want a non-spyware/non-adware program, write your own! I apologize for being blunt, but it is like voting. It isn't fair to speak up and/or complain if you yourself haven't voted. Do something about this complaint instead of just, well, complaining about it!