Malware is not only about viruses – companies preinstall it all the time

Since I started free software in the 80s, developers have grown to routinely mistreat users by shackling behaviour and snooping - but we have ways to resist

In 1983, when I started the free software movement, malware was so rare that each case was shocking and scandalous. Now it's normal.

To be sure, I am not talking about viruses. Malware is the name for a program designed to mistreat its users. Viruses typically are malicious, but software products and software preinstalled in products can also be malicious - and often are, when not free/libre.

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