{"id":96720,"date":"2005-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2005\/07\/12\/spyware-definition-offered-for-public-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:17:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:17:59","slug":"spyware-definition-offered-for-public-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2005\/07\/12\/spyware-definition-offered-for-public-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Spyware Definition Offered for Public Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antispywarecoalition.org\/index.htm\">Anti-Spyware Coalition<\/a>, a group formed to establish common-ground definitions and best practices in the debate surrounding spyware, released a first draft consensus document today which will be open to public comment for the next thirty days. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antispywarecoalition.org\/definitions.pdf\">document<\/a> proposes a broad definition of \u201cspyware and other potentially unwanted technologies\u201d that includes programs that carry out one or more of the following functions: <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Impair users\u2019 control over \u201cmaterial changes that affect their user experience, privacy, or system.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Impair the \u201cuse of their system resources, including what programs are installed on their computers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Impair the \u201ccollection, use, and distribution of their personal or otherwise sensitive information.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pew Internet Project recently found that more than 90% of adult internet users in the U.S. have changed their online behavior in some way to avoid unwanted programs. 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