xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWell, fuck you too.lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1769arrow-down129
arrow-up1740arrow-down1imageWell, fuck you too.lemmy.sdf.orgxigoi@lemmy.sdf.org to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square186fedilink
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoI think malware is software (executable) by definition though. Cookies are never executable, they are just data.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoMalware is anything that negatively affects your computer. Cookies tracking your every move to sell your information to a third party that then inundates you with unwanted ads every time you use the internet would qualify IMO.
I think malware is software (executable) by definition though. Cookies are never executable, they are just data.
Malware is anything that negatively affects your computer. Cookies tracking your every move to sell your information to a third party that then inundates you with unwanted ads every time you use the internet would qualify IMO.