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0 pointsNextgrid4y ago0 comments

It tracks you for advertising purposes. That's malicious in my book.

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It doesn’t advertise to you in secret (how would that even work?). The ads are front and center. It’s user hostile, but not malware.

NextgridOP4y ago

The ads are. The data being collected to target those ads is not.

I guess a non-malicious way of collecting the data for ad purposes could be to collect it locally and offer the user to review it before sending it off.

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colejohnson664y ago

It doesn’t advertise to you in secret (how would that even work?). The ads are front and center. It’s user hostile, but not malware.

NextgridOP4y ago

The ads are. The data being collected to target those ads is not.

I guess a non-malicious way of collecting the data for ad purposes could be to collect it locally and offer the user to review it before sending it off.

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