• Probius@sopuli.xyz
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      Malware’s definition:

      Malicious computer software that interferes with normal computer functions or sends personal data about the user to unauthorized parties over the Internet.

      Any forced update that increases data collection without consent or intentionally breaks previous functionality being pushed out to millions of people should result in multi-decade prison sentences for cybercrimes.

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        100% agree, yet nobody arrested CEOs of neither Samsung nor Apple despite them deliberately applied “updates” to slow down their phones.