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vacri on Dec 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?

'tracking people' is not inherently malicious. Countless parents expect teachers to track their kids.

"Where is my child?" => "I'm sorry ma'am, we had a day trip, but in the interests of your child's freedoms, I was forbidden from tracking her."

josephlord on Dec 8, 2012 [–]

And I said that I would narrow my definition of malicious a little more so I basically agree although I should have mentioned informed consent and whether it is opt in or out.

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