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HB 2353 Computer trespass; adds spyware to crimes.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Computer trespass; spyware; penalty.  Adds keyboard loggers and bots and zombies to the list of computer trespass crimes. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to maliciously install or cause to be installed, or collect information through, software capable of recording all or a majority of the keystrokes on the computer of another without authorization. The bill also makes it a crime to maliciously install or cause to be installed on the computer of another, computer software that takes control of that computer so that it can cause damage to another computer or disable or disrupt the ability of the computer to share or transmit instructions or data to other computers or related computer equipment or devices. The bill adds a Class 6 felony if a person, in violation of computer trespass laws, installs software on more than five computers of another, or installs software which records keystroke information regardless of the number of computers involved.


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