alt Hacker NewsI don't understand how this is legal. Isn't this malware? Isn't it illegal to install malware on someone's computer without their permission? Or is this very illegal, but nobody cares about that anymore?
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nemomarx • yesterday at 10:35 PM
you'd need to legally prove it's malware and they would definitely claim it's useful software tools that come with the hardware or something
jasonfarnon • today at 4:26 AM
"Isn't it illegal to install malware on someone's computer without their permission?"
Yeah but you almost certainly granted permission to allow updates from our "Partners" when you installed windows. How did you miss clause III of romanette 2 in the 6th paragraph right in front of your face on page 26 of the ToS?
I guess it’s becoming harder for MS to define malware in a way that would catch this behavior but does not flag their own products as well.