On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:46:40 -0500, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "James E.
Morrow" <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote:
>
> C-Net reports that the upcoming Norton AV 2004 will include anti-
> spyware.
>
> http://************/l9er

[snip]

Now that is *really* ironic, considering that at least some Symantec/Norton
products contain a DRM implementation which, based on currently available
information, can only be presumed to *be* spyware:

<http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=39843,00.asp>

Furrfu!

It figures that CNet would swallow Symantec's line of crap, lock stock and
barrel, and publish their press release almost verbatim as if it were really
"journalism". Compare the CNet article cited above (the real URL is
<http://news.com.com/2100-1012-5067625.html?part=dtx&tag=ntop>, BTW) with
the original Symantec press release:

<http://www.symantec.com/press/2003/n030825a.html>

and draw your own conclusions.

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Jay T. Blocksom
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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