← Back to context Comment by gkbrk 1 day ago I wouldn't classify getting random malware as "nothing happening". 5 comments gkbrk Reply frollogaston 1 day 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 19 hours 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 17 hours ago Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations. 2 replies →
frollogaston 1 day 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 19 hours 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 17 hours ago Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations. 2 replies →
ssl-3 19 hours 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 17 hours ago Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations. 2 replies →
frollogaston 17 hours ago Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations. 2 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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