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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This is beyond pedantic. You and everybody else knows exactly what they meant.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If we're going to call something malware we better be damn sure we understand the definitions of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good news! The original comment provides that!

software that does actions without the user’s permission or knowledge

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And yet still all software does that!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're delusional. Have a nice day though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Delusional for understanding that all software does things without your explicit permission to do them? Lol ok