Fred von Lohman, spokesperson for the online advocacy group Electronic Frontiers Foundation, agrees. He supports Gator because, as the sees it, the issue is who controls your computer. "Is it you, or is it the company whose website you happen to be using?" Not everyone is persuaded, however. They see what gator does as a clear violation of private property right. It's analogous, they think, to sticking your message on a roadside sign or a billboard that someone else has paid for.