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my problem is with using the term "spyware"

my problem is with using the term "spyware"

Posted Dec 18, 2012 0:06 UTC (Tue) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: my problem is with using the term "spyware" by rahulsundaram
Parent article: Ubuntu, non-advertisements, and spyware

Like I said, If this is a good thing or not is something that people can honestly disagree over.

I'm somewhere in the middle. It's not something I will choose to use, but I don't see it as being evil.

The only thing I really disagree with is applying the term "spyware" to it. It may be wrong for other privacy reasons, but "spyware" isn't "anything that can leak information"


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