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"The app locates where Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox store their cookies, queries for cookies with names they are interested in (such as MUID), retrieves their encrypted content, and then proceeds to decrypt them, all without user intervention," Rivera said in response to Microsoft's claims. "The cookie values then appear to get sent to or are used by Microsoft."

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[-] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

is there an internal contest amongst the departments in microsoft to see who can farm the most user data?

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Innnncredible, fuck.

[-] Dima@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago

Infostealer malware is so popular currently that even Microsoft decided to release one

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

What the fuck MS

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Good thing normies got nothing to hide!

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Microsoft had a good thing going with 7, then they messed it up with 10 and kept going with 11.

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