Google have declared Droidscript is malware

Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by stickfigure on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:17PM (#26959474)

That doesn't seem to be a problem in this case? Telling spammers they are blocked due to copyrighted images trains them not to upload copyrighted images. Win-win.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by spinny on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:58PM (#26961465)

picking up copyrighted images is another indicator that user X is a spammer, providing that info would eliminate the signal

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by zmmmmm on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:03PM (#26962332)

Well, this is the essence of discrimination and we wouldn't tolerate it for a whole range of indicators (you're black, gay, if a particular race, etc etc). My guess is the real reason they won't tell people is that they would end up in court pretty quick.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by spinny on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:18AM (#26966269)

so, in you mind, detecting copyrighted images and using that as a metric to detect spammers is discrimination? Are antivirus programs discriminating too??

I bet you indent your code in an inclusive way

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by zmmmmm on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:58AM (#26968330)

From a definitional point of view yes. Using an attribute to place someone in a class and then making decisions on a class basis without actual evidence they possess the other attributes of the class is discriminatory behavior.

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