• dan1101
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    1 year ago

    I think malware is software (executable) by definition though. Cookies are never executable, they are just data.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Malware is anything that negatively affects your computer. Cookies tracking your every move to sell your information to a third party that then inundates you with unwanted ads every time you use the internet would qualify IMO.