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> Not necessarily. Many of the higher end and business models come without spyware of any kind, not just this particular piece of software. I like that you sai
by bhauer 11y ago
> Not necessarily. Many of the higher end and business models come without spyware of any kind, not just this particular piece of software.
I like that you said spyware, whether intentionally or not.
Most people call these programs "crapware," "junkware," "bloatware," or third-party pre-installed software. Though generally speaking this third-party junkware isn't expressly designed to be spyware. Nevertheless, with cases like Superfish, the line between spyware and junkware is vanishingly faint.
- blhack 11y agoI've never heard "crapware" "junkware" or "bloatware", definitely not "third party pre installed software". Everybody, included non technically literate people call this spyware. This is where names like "spybot search and destroy" come from.
- ksml 11y agoI, for one, have heard all of those used. I'm not so sure tech-illiterate people even know what spyware even means.