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Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)
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[–] meekah@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This is beyond pedantic. You and everybody else knows exactly what they meant.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If we're going to call something malware we better be damn sure we understand the definitions of it.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good news! The original comment provides that!

software that does actions without the user’s permission or knowledge

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And yet still all software does that!

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're delusional. Have a nice day though.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 0 points 9 months ago

Delusional for understanding that all software does things without your explicit permission to do them? Lol ok