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		dreyfan on May 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon devices will soon automatically share your ... I absolutely think that qualifies as malware, yes. Apps and browser extensions harvest PII all day and the owners of those platforms (apple, google, microsoft, mozilla) do absolutely nothing to prevent it.

texasbigdata on May 30, 2021 [–]

I mean, is it just the obfuscation of the privacy policy? If the user was told up front would that still make it malware?

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