I am not sure to what you refer.

Howver, I am an America Online community leader and friendly user/developer.

I would be delighted to address whatever particular concern you have that makes you think that America Online is spyware.

We keep and store a user's email, address book, calendar and favourites at the server in Virginia so that experienced users can replicate all of their information at whatever computer they're at anywhere in the world.

America Online's security is probably the best in the world, considering the size of the user base. Moreover, the email server is the largest, most secure and most scaleable in the world...so scaleable that it's actually used by small governments. :P