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Ubisoft Accused of 'Secret Data Collection' in Single-Player Games (insider-gaming.com)
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[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 2 points 7 hours ago

This is what people usually mean these days when they talk about spyware. Not actually spyware, but counting how many hours you play each game or checking how long you refuse to update windows for.

But if you call it spyware you can write an article or fight on the internet.