Feasibly, a surgeon in Japan could watch an operation in Australia and even ask doctor in progress questions about procedures. It’s obvious that video conferencing will both help humans evolve further through sharing of knowledge as well as keep loved ones more connected when they are far from home.

A lot of people who are either fascinated or obsessed with sex will also tell you about benefits of this technology for their voyeuristic purposes, but I’m not going to go there. Science Fiction has once again turned to reality, and I hope we can truly make most of this invention created by humans who wish to make society a better place.

Add to this fact that a large percentage of spyware originates from outside US, and it quickly becomes clear that Spy Act realistically has about as much chance of success as Can-Spam act did in attempting to stop deluge of junk email that arrives in our mailboxes every day.

Spyware can be a lucrative business for advertisers and software vendors, and with average home PC already carrying around 26 spyware and adware programs, it's a problem that looks set to become worse before it gets better. In time, additional international laws may reduce problem, but for present at least, every PC user should keep up-to-date anti-spyware software running on their machine.