← Back to context Comment by gkbrk 2 days ago I wouldn't classify getting random malware as "nothing happening". 6 comments gkbrk Reply frollogaston 2 days ago Because it spies on them and nags. But Windows itself already does that. LG could've done the same thing sans the mcafee popups and nobody would care, in fact Dell is probably doing that. ssl-3 1 day ago > But Windows itself already does that.So once an person is victimized in this way, it becomes a free-for-all where future transgressions cease to matter? frollogaston 1 day ago Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations. 3 replies →
frollogaston 2 days ago Because it spies on them and nags. But Windows itself already does that. LG could've done the same thing sans the mcafee popups and nobody would care, in fact Dell is probably doing that. ssl-3 1 day ago > But Windows itself already does that.So once an person is victimized in this way, it becomes a free-for-all where future transgressions cease to matter? frollogaston 1 day ago Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations. 3 replies →
ssl-3 1 day ago > But Windows itself already does that.So once an person is victimized in this way, it becomes a free-for-all where future transgressions cease to matter? frollogaston 1 day ago Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations. 3 replies →
frollogaston 1 day ago Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations. 3 replies →
Because it spies on them and nags. But Windows itself already does that. LG could've done the same thing sans the mcafee popups and nobody would care, in fact Dell is probably doing that.
> But Windows itself already does that.
So once an person is victimized in this way, it becomes a free-for-all where future transgressions cease to matter?
Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations.
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