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> Computer viruses, piracy, and various forms of spam are illegal and can carry harsh sentences. We all see plenty of it. However, you can't expect to see a vi
by shakna 6y ago
> Computer viruses, piracy, and various forms of spam are illegal and can carry harsh sentences. We all see plenty of it.
However, you can't expect to see a virus on every single page you visit on the web, because it isn't the norm. The presence is severely reduced because it is illegal.
- setr 6y agoI mean, that was kind of the norm 10-15 years ago, during the interim between viruses becoming illegal and browser sandboxes being worth anything Seems to me making it impossible rather than simply illegal was a much stronger driver of virus-free web browsing.