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Requiring "user's informed consent" would make 99% of software malware for 99% of users. The majority of what software does is magic with hidden layers and dat
by SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
Requiring "user's informed consent" would make 99% of software malware for 99% of users. The majority of what software does is magic with hidden layers and data polling in the background from various sources, but that doesn't make it malware just because the user doesn't understand.
- groestl 4y ago> would make 99% of software malware for 99% of users Well... Joke aside, its not like I came up with this definition.
- sa46 4y agoYou omitted a piece of the definition: > Malware is software that is installed on a computer without the user's consent and that performs malicious actions. https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/malware.html#:~:text=Malware%20is%20software%20that%20is,for%20malicious%20files%20or%20programs https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/malware.html#:~:text=....
- groestl 4y agoI did not. "Malicious action" is the result of violating informed consent, and as such redundant. I'm not surprised that McAfee left out "informed", btw.
- chclt 4y ago99% of software IS malware for 99% of users