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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't that basically Bonzi Buddy and whatever software bundled it without any options to opt out? 😆

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The activities the program is said to engage in include constantly resetting the user's web browser homepage to bonzi.com without the user's permission, prompting and tracking various information about the user, installing a toolbar, and serving advertisements

Looks to me like they taught Microsoft well in this area.

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ain't no way bonzi.com redirects to a fucking nft

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 1 points 10 months ago

Kinda on brand though somehow.