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Yes its writen in the app description. Its free in return for data collection. How is this damaging my device?

• darpa_escapee 8y ago
  If I've mistaken your question for pedantry, please forgive me. You can narrowly define malware by a quick dictionary definition[1]: > software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems. However, malware also has a much looser definition[2] if we don't restrict ourselves to a one sentence Google result: > Programs officially supplied by companies can be considered malware if they secretly act against the interests of the computer user. For example, Sony sold the Sony rootkit, which contained a Trojan horse embedded into CDs that silently installed and concealed itself on purchasers' computers with the intention of preventing illicit copying. It also reported on users' listening habits, and unintentionally created vulnerabilities that were then exploited by unrelated malware. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Amalware https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Amalware [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware
• AlexandrB 8y ago
  It's shocking how far the overton window on privacy has shifted in just 10 years. Bonzi Buddy and it's ilk were generally considered malware and frequently chided on the internet at the time. Now people defend almost the same practices (in a nicer package) on Hacker News. We are truly fucked.
  • matz1 8y ago
    Shocking right ? that the world always changing. I personally welcome this change. This one is different than pop up ads in the past where it actually annoy me.