Comment by immibis
1 day ago
I don't understand your defense of Instagram. It's not even a very good defense. The fact that Facebook removed the code as soon as they were caught means they also think they would be in serious trouble.
Unauthorized use of a computer is broadly illegal in many jurisdictions, including the USA federally. In Europe, misinformed consent is not consent. "Authorization" generally refers to a reasonable person's expectation of giving consent, and does not refer to any technical property such as Android permissions.
>as soon as they were caught
They removed it after it stopped working due to Chrome rolling out an update.
>Unauthorized use of a computer
This is not a real thing. It's not like websites need to get your permission before they can use your computer to run javascript.
>does not refer to any technical property such as Android permissions.
I only brought that up due to someone else thinking it was related. I agree that the permission system of android is totally unrelated.