spyware
nounEtymology From spy + -ware.
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Internet Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user.
- In the end of the 90s we call^([sic]) this software spyware, there was a term for it, and now we don't use this term anymore because most of the software that we use is spyware […]2017 December, 5:24 from the start, in Interview with hacktivist Jaromil, ArtEZ studium generale:
- Related terms
- abandonware, adware, antispyware, baitware, bloatware, crippleware, demoware, donationware, freeware, malware, postcardware, shareware, software, trialware