Microsoft's Software Is Malware

Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:22PM (#35348077)

Requiring "user's informed consent" would make 99% of software malware for 99% of users. The majority of what software does is magic with hidden layers and data polling in the background from various sources, but that doesn't make it malware just because the user doesn't understand.

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Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by groestl on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:31PM (#35348202)

> would make 99% of software malware for 99% of users

Well...

Joke aside, its not like I came up with this definition.

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Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by sa46 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @06:19PM (#35348797)

You omitted a piece of the definition:

> Malware is software that is installed on a computer without the user's consent and that performs malicious actions.

https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/malware.html#:~:text=....

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Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by groestl on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @06:33PM (#35348960)

I did not. "Malicious action" is the result of violating informed consent, and as such redundant. I'm not surprised that McAfee left out "informed", btw.

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Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware by chclt on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:56AM (#35353982)

99% of software IS malware for 99% of users

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