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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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[–] Dima@feddit.uk 6 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

What the fuck MS

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Innnncredible, fuck.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 21 hours ago

Good thing normies got nothing to hide!