Privacy-invasive software

Computer software ignoring user privacy with a commercial intent

Privacy-invasive software is a category of software that invades a user's privacy to gather information about the user and their device without prior knowledge or consent. Such software is sometimes loosely referred to as "spyware" but the information gathering can be malicious or non-malicious. The collected data is often used commercially such as being sold to advertisers or other third parties..

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