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10 (5?) years ago, that used to be called malware.
by RandomBacon 7y ago
10 (5?) years ago, that used to be called malware.
- nostrademons 7y agoYou don't have a right to show ads to users. (The CFAA actually works in consumers' favor here: circumventing a user's adblocker is just as much of a crime as hacking into a server.) You do have a right to refuse service to users with adblockers, but to my knowledge Brave doesn't interfere with sites that do this - I still can't get past the paywalls on WSJ/NYTimes/Bloomberg.
- Spivak 7y agoIt's not malware if it's done at the users request. And the user is free to display the web pages it downloads in any way they want.
- RandomBacon 7y agoUsers willingly installed toolbars too.
- mrob 7y agoAnd if it was truly willing, and the toolbar only did what it claimed it would do, then it wasn't malware.
- Dolores12 7y agoIt is nice analogy. Sophisticated malware disabled competitor's malware to be the one and only, acting like antivirus software.
- dunham 7y agoAbout fifteen years ago, this was called Gator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claria_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claria_Corporation