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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(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 […]
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Spyware means (Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user..
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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 […]
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