is Spyware breaking the law?

As posted by this gentlemen, on the talkback section of the CNET article above:

Breaking the Law!
Posted by: Kirk Rheinlander
Posted on: May 4, 2005, 6:44 AM PDT
Story: Spying on the spyware makers
If someone was to break into your house (computer), and install cameras (spyware) to monitor your activity, and sell this activity log to someone (spyware vendors), it would be a felony under all states and US federal law. Spyware vendors should be 1) criminally punished for breaking and entering, unlawful entry, violation of personal privacy laws, and destruction of private property (computer operations) 2) civilly punished for loss of productivity loss costs, direct increased costs in management and administrative costs, as well as protection and enforcement costs (anti-spyware). The sooner the lawmakers wake up to this illegal activity, and make the analogies to current law, we will all be able to start to crack down on these flagrant criminals in the computer world. Then again, if your car ran as poorly as MS Windows, there would be class action suits all over the place against Microsoft, so I guess we, as a society, have been desensitized to abysmal respect for our personal rights. I am glad that my OS X machine is, so far, immune to these threats....and this is coming from someone that was part of the original IBM PC development team, circa 1980.
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NO SHIT!!!! Now why the hell didn't I think of that? I mean, I always knew that Spyware vendors where fucktards (and don't even get me started about the Government.. think about it.. how can they gain personal information from damn near every American quickly?) But Kirk is right! (Bonus point for the new cool first name.. -5 points for owning a MAC.. and -10 for publicy announceing it.) These bastards SHOULD be hunted and thrown in jail, for invasion of privacy. WHY IN THE HELL would Disney even WANT to know your personal information? WHY is this such big business? Demographics? Bullshit. It's not hard to understand your Demographics.. The hard part is listening to your ass, as your Marketing director tries to push the biggest wad of shit up it. Here's a short story to the moronic pig fuckers of most (not all mind you) marketing teams. Here's what your BILLIONS of dollars in ADS boils down to.

David and Mike walk into local sit-down resturant. The hot waitress (because they are mostly all hot, at hooters) (HEY!!! it's my story.. fuck off) David askes for a Coke. The waitress, bending over with a wink, says "Will Pepsi be ok?" "Sure, whatever"

like OMG.. gag me with a smurf! Can you believe that? what's wrong with your demographics?. NOTHING.. WE AS PEOPLE DON'T GIVE A SHIT.