A framework for spyware assessment

Merrill Warkentin; Xin Luo; Gary F. Templeton

doi:10.1145/1076211.1076244

A framework for spyware assessment

Merrill Warkentin
, Xin Luo
, Gary F. Templeton

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Abstract

A framework for the assessment of spyware is discussed. To support the ongoing identification and management of spyware, a framework based on two key considerations, user consent and user consequence, is proposed. Consent is the extent to which the user has agreed to allow a given software component to be installed and executed. Consequences are the extent to which the component provides a beneficial functionality to the direct user. It has been advised that policymakers should be wary of blocking spyware application that have positive consequence, even if those application do not have consent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-84
Number of pages	6
Journal	Communications of the ACM
Volume	48
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1076211.1076244
Publication status	Published - Aug 2005
Externally published	Yes

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