Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

there's three types of malware: spyware, adware, and bloatware

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

spyware is when they take data from you that you didn’t want to give
adware is when they give data to you that you didn’t want to have
bloatware is when the software’s just in the way, making the whole system slow, sluggish and inefficient

summarily these can be called crapware

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And what about viruses that are basically just interested in fucking up your system and nothing else?

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