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Download Wrappers and Unwanted Software are Pure Evil

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday August 19 2014, @08:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing dept.

Teckla writes:

Call it Adware, Malware, Spyware, Crapware, it's simply unwanted. Every non-technical relative I've ever talked to has toolbars they apparently can't see, apps running in the background, browser home pages set to Russian Google clones, and they have no idea how it got that way.

Read on to learn how they get that way.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 23 2014, @07:48AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 23 2014, @07:48AM (#84622)

    Well first, I thought that starvation argument was thrown to justify grocery store theft.

    Second, if it ever comes down to "my survival" versus "your survival", I'll instantly choose "my survival". Sorry about that. The objective of ehtics, society, the legal system and other such devices is to gauge the odds so that "beneficial for me" and "beneficial for everyone in general" will align. When people need to commit despicable acts, the proper course is to remove that need. Getting angry about people not being completely altruistic is like getting angry at volcanoes or gravity.