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minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·23 days agoWhy is the OS even making that info available to them? That should require at the very least explicit consent (maybe a, like, “hey, dickhead, let us know how desperate you are so we can charge you more up the ass” alert)
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·23 days agoIt’s an extremely rare vector for any sort of attack. I’m sure people didn’t consider the most evil of evil abusing it in these kind of scenarios.
Why is the OS even making that info available to them? That should require at the very least explicit consent (maybe a, like, “hey, dickhead, let us know how desperate you are so we can charge you more up the ass” alert)
It’s an extremely rare vector for any sort of attack. I’m sure people didn’t consider the most evil of evil abusing it in these kind of scenarios.