alt Hacker News15 years ago people would've called it spyware.
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amelius • yesterday at 11:21 AM
Yes, let's put the Overton window back where it used to be.
15 years ago people would've called it spyware.
Yes, let's put the Overton window back where it used to be.
20 years ago people would've called it a trojan horse.
But then, by standards of two decades ago, every website that cannot legally avoid showing a GDPR popup would be classified as malware. As it should be today. Alas, standards have changed.