How Does Spyware Relate To Internet Darwinism?
A little blurb on BoingBoing is about a New York company, WhereU, that has asked a judge to block enforcement of Utah’s new Spyware Control Act pending resolution of the firm’s challenge to the law’s constitutionality. I initially, was for blocking these spyware makers, but then, on the BoingBoing, there was this statement:
“WhereU is asking the court to change its mind on an authoritarian spyware law, albeit via a jurisdiction argument. Spyware sucks, sure, but if I can avoid it with Firefox and the occasional AdAware scan, I’d rather not pay taxes to protect luddites from it. Spyware is a disease in the Darwinian ecosystem of the Internet, and it keeps power users ahead of brain-deaders who click moving banner monkeys.”
If you think about it, that makes some sense. I like the way this guy thinks.