2026-07-30 06:41 UTC
Spyware (a portmanteau for spying software) is any malware that aims to gather information about a person or organization and send it to another entity in a way that harms the user by violating their privacy, endangering their device's security, or other means.lmao this is really 90% of software now
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@KitsuneVixi@sakurajima.social 2026-07-30 19:12
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip 90% of operating systems.
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@Netzblockierer@tech.lgbt 2026-07-30 10:19
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip you can choose not to use any of it !
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@patterfloof@meow.social 2026-07-30 09:39
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip spyware removal programs used to be a perfectly normal thing to install but these days, it'd probably break windows to run them
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@khaleer@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-07-30 08:29
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip do nit connect smartTV to wi-fi I wonder if my fridge have some microphones hidden in
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@xoagray@tiggi.es 2026-07-30 08:18
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip it is, and it's a travesty that it's mostly perfectly legal,
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@sun@shitposter.world 2026-07-30 07:02
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip also like, the most popular operating system lol
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me 2026-07-30 06:43
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip Or at least 90% of apps.
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@Somarasu@masto.hackers.town 2026-07-30 06:42
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip also a phat chunk of the web
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@rl_dane@polymaths.social 2026-07-30 11:56
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip Even operating systems are spyware now. What a world.