Seriously. Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are all in the data-mining business anyway. It's not as if this malware is infecting something pristine.
That's not to say it shouldn't be aggressively dealt with, mind you. No need to add insult to injury. But realistically, the software the malware infects is already violative of users' privacy, as is Win10 itself. I suspect that more data is mined by the combination of the Win10 OS and the uninfected browser than by the extensions.
Facebook and Google are doing it without a plugin (Score:3, Funny)
So what is all the fuss about?
Re: (Score:3)
Indeed, it's called "Chrome". I didn't know Facebook made a browser though.
Re:Facebook and Google are doing it without a plug (Score:4, Informative)
Seriously. Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are all in the data-mining business anyway. It's not as if this malware is infecting something pristine.
That's not to say it shouldn't be aggressively dealt with, mind you. No need to add insult to injury. But realistically, the software the malware infects is already violative of users' privacy, as is Win10 itself. I suspect that more data is mined by the combination of the Win10 OS and the uninfected browser than by the extensions.