Spyware, Privacy & Tresspassing

[dalilama]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Florida

I am so sick of all the hoops I have to jump through to keep irritating spyware, tracking cookies and pop-ups off my computer. I am wondering about the feasibility of the following idea:

Being as that my computer is owned by me and resides in my home on my property, I wonder if I could send a 'NO TRESSPASSING' email to the companies that continually invade my computer. It would seem to me that if I expressly deny permission for them to enter my home in any way - including transmission of unrequested documents onto my property, they should have to abide. And if not, risk being charged with tresspassing.

Could something like that be considered tresspassing?

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Florida

I am so sick of all the hoops I have to jump through to keep irritating spyware, tracking cookies and pop-ups off my computer. I am wondering about the feasibility of the following idea:

Being as that my computer is owned by me and resides in my home on my property, I wonder if I could send a 'NO TRESSPASSING' email to the companies that continually invade my computer. It would seem to me that if I expressly deny permission for them to enter my home in any way - including transmission of unrequested documents onto my property, they should have to abide. And if not, risk being charged with tresspassing.

Could something like that be considered tresspassing?

Thanks for your thoughts!

My response:

Sure. All the companies and little 14 year old's in Malaysia, Asia and Africa will pay attention to your e-mail.

IAAL

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Keep trying.

 

[JETX]

Better idea!! Just cut all your phone lines. That will keep the pesky critters from invading your computer!!

 

[dalilama]

Companies such as Gator are not 14-year-olds in Malaysia. They have already been taken to court by The Washington Post, NY Times, etc ..., but on different grounds (advertising). The companies I get the most spyware etc. from are only a handful of established companies. Most of which I know are here in the US and bound to US law.

I was just wondering if anyone thought there might be a case under Tresspassing ....

PS - I don't connect to the Net on a phone line ...

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

Hmmmm . . . (thought bubble over tilted head with eyes looking up)

Spend wads of money to sue, or click delete button.

Spend wads of money to sue, or click delete button.

Spend wads of money to sue, or click delete button.

Spend wads of money to sue, or click delete button.

Hmmmm . . .

I'm undecided.

IAAL

 

[dalilama]

Oh well, I tried. I guess creative thinking and living by one's principles don't go over real well on this site.

History has repeatedly shown that whenever progress is made, it always had to first overcome majority opposition.

Adios Amigos

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

Oh well, I tried. I guess creative thinking and living by one's principles don't go over real well on this site.

History has repeatedly shown that whenever progress is made, it always had to first overcome majority opposition.

Adios Amigos

My response:

Oh, please. Next thing you'll start doing is waving the Flag. Please.

This is "Spy vs. Spy" and there's plenty of technology out there to download to stop all invasions. I haven't seen a pop-up in ages and ages. I rarely see Spam any longer. As a matter of fact, and a bit closer to home, I understand there are pop-ups on this site. I've never seen one.

Look, I'm an attorney and I love lawsuits. However, I've also learned to pick my battles. It's so much easier to fight those pricks with technology than to fight a losing, costly, battle in court.

Let Congress deal with it. That's why we pay them.

Take your choice.

IAAL

 

[azzbacwordz]

I do not think it would be considered trespassing because it is traveling over a wire that is leased by you..not owned by you. Your phone/cable company would have to actually be the median to deny all request from the unwanted, which will never happen

 

[biglittle]

Companies such as Gator are not 14-year-olds in Malaysia. They have already been taken to court by The Washington Post, NY Times, etc ..., but on different grounds (advertising). The companies I get the most spyware etc. from are only a handful of established companies. Most of which I know are here in the US and bound to US law.

I was just wondering if anyone thought there might be a case under Tresspassing ....

PS - I don't connect to the Net on a phone line ...

You know, most of the time when you install a "program" such as Gator and skip reading those software agreements, you are giving them the right to install software on your computer... it's in most of the agreements for these programs, people just don't read them.

 

[JETX]

You know, most of the time when you install a "program" such as Gator and skip reading those software agreements, you are giving them the right to install software on your computer... it's in most of the agreements for these programs, people just don't read them.

And what in your feeble little mind gave you the idea that your inane, useless response to a thread that WAS almost a month old was important.... or relevant???

 

[biglittle]

And what in your feeble little mind gave you the idea that your inane, useless response to a thread that WAS almost a month old was important.... or relevant???

The same thing I was thinking when I responded to this post now, which is over a year old.