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I guess all of the internet is also malware. Neat.
by Arzh 11y ago
I guess all of the internet is also malware. Neat.
- Spivak 11y agoEven if what you said was true, and it's not, "well everyone else is doing it" is never an excuse.
- Arzh 11y agoI don't take a side in this statement.
- krapp 11y agoThe web possibly qualifies as malware (or at least malware-like) under several of the definitions provided by FSF: surveillance: although this can be mitigated somewhat by turning off javascript, sites can be very aggressive about forcing you to reveal data about yourself, and making a site unusable unless you do. This data about you, your habits and identity can be used for marketing purposes you may not consent to. DRM: you don't control the data you post to a site, can't necessarily change, update or remove it at will, and you're subject to arbitrary terms of service which may have the site assert ownership over user posted content. sabotage: there is nothing you can do if an online service decides to close and take your data with it - you can't simply fork it. Sites can remove or monetize formerly free parts of their API and hold your data hostage. jails: because the site itself runs on a remote server, you are limited to interacting with it through whatever API the site owners see fit. You cannot download it in its entirety, inspect the code, modify it for any purpose and redistribute it, unless it's entirely static. But, of course, as the code is on a remote server, there's no way to verify that either.