FTC slaps down commercial keylogger firm

CyberSpy Software, which markets the controversial RemoteSpy commercial keylogging application, has agreed to rewrite the software and clean up its business practices to settle a case brought by the US Federal Trade Commission. RemoteSpy was marketed as a “100 per cent undetectable” app that might be used to “Spy on Anyone. …

[irish donkey]

looks like a duck

talks like a duck.

it must be a duck

[MayContainNuts]

Pirated version....

And if you want it for free, I have Qax....

[lglethal]

Who wants to bet...

... they get a significant run on orders in the next few weeks before the new FTC-compliant version comes out?

[Basic]

<-- See

Maybe it's just because I haven't had my coffee yet but that made no sense to me whatsoever.

[Restricted Access]

RE

What you talking 'bout Willis?

[Anonymous Coward]

erm

Has amanfrommars got a new handle?

Gmail's "last account activity" is a cool, potentially useful thing but I dont see how it bears any relevance to this article.

Same with the bank lock down.

And I dont know what exploit you mean.

DId you post this on the wrong window?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Over

[Scott 19]

Be quick

Just brought it, anyone got Megan foxes or Miss Hilton's personnel e-mail address?

[AndyS]

Brought it?

Where to?

[Test Man]

Brought?

Where did you bring it from?

Spell properly, you mean BOUGHT.

[Just Thinking]

Its not personnel

It's HR these days

[Anonymous Coward]

@Chris Hatfield

thanks for that.... right, back to the story...

[Anonymous Coward]

@Scott

Maybe you should worry about learning to communicate successfully in English before attempting technical, unethical and likely illegal invasions of anyone's privacy?

[Ru]

Re: "proactively detects"

Is there a situation in which someone another than a marketing or sales drone, astroturfing or otherwise, would use the word 'proactive' in connection with a product?

Perhaps you should leverage your synergies towards a vocabulary used by real people to further your marketing campaign.

[Anonymous Coward]

wow!

That product's AWESOME! Err....I mean reprehensible.

*searches torrent site*

[Tim #3]

One legitimate use

This acutally looks handy - to install on the PCs of those incompetent friends and elderly relatives so as to help in future when trying to work out what they have done to it this time....

[Matt_V]

or

just get them to install logmein.com (no I'm not associated with them in any way).

[Nameless Faceless Computer User]

what?

Settle a case? Tone it down? Why aren't people going to JAIL! Throw them all into JAIL.