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minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96arrow-down1·11 months agoThere’s a word for software that does actions without the user’s permission or knowledge. That word is MALWARE
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down31·11 months agoEvery piece of software does things without your permission or knowledge.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·11 months agoYou understand and give explicit permission for every piece of the kernel?
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoDo you trust Microsoft? If you do I might suggest we find you a nice quiet padded room. Imagine someone attempted to (or even succeeded in) pushing malicious (or even just poor, “bad” code into the kernel. What do you suppose would happen? Oh wait we don’t have to imagine. Some people tried, and got admonished publicly. https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22410164/linux-kernel-university-of-minnesota-banned-open-source
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoWho said anything about trusting Microsoft? No piece of software is going to ask you for permission for every single operation it does. Malware is more than just that.
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-211 months agoThis is beyond pedantic. You and everybody else knows exactly what they meant.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·11 months agoIf we’re going to call something malware we better be damn sure we understand the definitions of it.
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoGood news! The original comment provides that! software that does actions without the user’s permission or knowledge
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoAnd yet still all software does that!
minus-squareReygle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYou’re delusional. Have a nice day though.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoDelusional for understanding that all software does things without your explicit permission to do them? Lol ok
There’s a word for software that does actions without the user’s permission or knowledge.
That word is MALWARE
Every piece of software does things without your permission or knowledge.
You understand and give explicit permission for every piece of the kernel?
Do you trust Microsoft? If you do I might suggest we find you a nice quiet padded room.
Imagine someone attempted to (or even succeeded in) pushing malicious (or even just poor, “bad” code into the kernel. What do you suppose would happen? Oh wait we don’t have to imagine. Some people tried, and got admonished publicly.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22410164/linux-kernel-university-of-minnesota-banned-open-source
Who said anything about trusting Microsoft? No piece of software is going to ask you for permission for every single operation it does. Malware is more than just that.
This is beyond pedantic. You and everybody else knows exactly what they meant.
If we’re going to call something malware we better be damn sure we understand the definitions of it.
Good news! The original comment provides that!
And yet still all software does that!
You’re delusional. Have a nice day though.
Delusional for understanding that all software does things without your explicit permission to do them? Lol ok
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