Why do people hate spyware

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 50-53

  Freeman, Lee A ^a   Urbaczewski, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-SPEED CONNECTIONS; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; SPYWARE; UNDERGRADUATION;

DATA PRIVACY; DATA REDUCTION; INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 23344450939     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1076211.1076239     Document Type: Review

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