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Online Privatleben Invasion Verhinderung Tat passed

Buechoria
18-04-2005, 18:52
ONLINE PRIVACY INVASION PREVENTION ACT PASSED IN BUECHORIA'S NEW CONGRESS
Citizens applaud government efforts to stop adware/spyware on the web

By CARL MAHONEY
New York Times staff writer

Buechoria's brand new congress, which has replaced the disturbingly corrupt parliament, has been passing numerous beneficial laws that would have been bogged down in the bureaucracy and red tape of the former parliament. One of which is the, "Online Privatleben Invasion Verhinderung Tat" or Online Privacy Invasion Prevention Act.

After thousands of complaints by citizens that adware/spyware was not only slowing down (even destroying) their computers, but also stealing private information such as credit card numbers, home and work phone numbers, and addresses. The government took immediate action.

"This has gone on for too long. The corporations of Buechoria will no longer destroy our citizen’s computers and leak their private information via the menace that is adware and spyware, and the Online Privacy Invasion Prevention Act will insure it does not happen." stated a spokesman of the government after the law was passed. He continued to state the procedure that would be taken:

- All corporations and businesses that are currently employing adware/spyware must cease spreading it and if they refuse to do so, will be heavily fined until they comply with the government.

- The government will be mailed two CDs to every citizen, one with the ultimate adware/spyware remover that will clean 98.5% of all malicious programs out of the computer. The second CD has the latest in popup/ad blocker technology.

However, what about adware/spyware from overseas organizations? "The first CD does not only destroy Buechorian-native adware/spyware, but international programs as well."

The CDs are already being copied and sold for high prices on eBay by enterprising young Buechorians.

OOC: What are your opinions on this choice?
Kaiser Martens
18-04-2005, 19:51
(Would post longer but I really have no time.)

I had not thought of such a solution before, it seems quite interesting to avoid such a big trouble without having to supress a large amount of web content, which would be opressive. I would like to know how much it costed to be carried out by your Government, so to do something similar myself, and propose it in the Union.

Kaiser Martens of the Silberunion
Buechoria
18-04-2005, 22:41
The project cost little over a 1,000,000 Becels ($200,000 American) to hire the team of programmers and produce the CD's.
Kaiser Martens
19-04-2005, 18:12
That will be the most useful, Dankeschön.