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No, you are voluntarily downloading and running their code on your computer. What you describe is hacking into somebody's computer, that is different. Stores ta
by collegeburner 5y ago
No, you are voluntarily downloading and running their code on your computer. What you describe is hacking into somebody's computer, that is different. Stores take measurements about their customers, so do sites.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoI'm also voluntarily running uBlock Origin whose entire purpose is to sanitize their borderline malware code into something that I can actually consume. As you said, it's my computer and they really need to submit to my will instead of finding creative new ways to work around it like some malware developer.
- shkkmo 5y ago> Stores take measurements about their customers, so do sites. When stores use Bluetooth or other tech to track their customers movement within their stores, that is also a creepy and unethical. Also "voluntarily" is a complete misnomer as nobody is volunteering for this, a more correct world would be "unwittingly" or possibly "begrudgingly" depending on their level of tech saviness.