Friday, June 3, 2005

Netscape 8 greenlights spyware

A new version of the Netscape Web browser is being criticized by spyware experts for failing to notify Web surfers when they're visiting Web sites that distribute the noxious monitoring programs. Netscape 8's Trust Rating System, which warns users about insecure Web sites, <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1822683,00.asp?kc=ewnws060205dtx1k0000599">gives a "green light" to Web sites that download spyware</A> onto users' machines, according to Ben Edelman, a student at Harvard University Law School and an expert on spyware software.

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