Snoop Software Gains Power and Raises Privacy Concerns

Steve Fesenmaier sent over A NY Times Piece on snoopware.

Makers of “snoopware” — as opposed to the software known as “spyware” that many businesses use to monitor the activities of Web site visitors and to send them pop-up ads — enthusiastically pitch their products’ ability to be installed remotely. They typically skirt the ethical and legal issues with fig-leaf disclaimers and check-off boxes where buyers promise not to violate the law.