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Experts in law, technology and policy recently gathered to discuss the state of Internet spyware and what they can do about it.

Spyware, which is often installed on people’s computer without their knowledge, gathers the user’s information for anything from advertising to identity theft.

“In what ways does this threaten them so that we should come down as a society and say, ‘This violates what we think is important about the Internet and how we act online?’” said Helen Nissenbaum of New York University, which organized the conference along with Princeton University. “Hopefully, that will inspire all of these different people to go out and develop solutions in their particular areas.” News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | TECH TALK

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