Spyware - The ethics of covert software

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-202

  Klang, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contract; Freeware; Integrity; Internet marketing; Law; Privacy; Spyware; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTER VIRUSES; CONTRACTS; DATA PRIVACY; DATA TRANSFER; MALWARE; MARKETING; NETWORK SECURITY; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

COMPUTER USERS; CURRENT LEVELS; CURRENT PROBLEMS; DATA COLLECTION; FREEWARE; INTEGRITY; INTERNET MARKETING; MARKET APPROACH;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 38349147785     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-004-3392-3     Document Type: Article

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