Every time I set-up a new computer for myself of a family member, invasive spyware and ''vocal assistants'' are blasting me through the speakers, or pre-ticked boxes for granting them permission to track where/when/what at any time, ( and I'm pretty sure even if you disable it, they stealth-collect the data anyway ).

I de-activate everything I can and install Kaspersky Free instead of whatever ''one month free, now let me harass you forever to pay a subscription for a bloated antivirus hoarding way too much RAM on this budget laptop''.

When you start with the ''fresh out of the box'' 8GB RAM laptop and 60% of it is already taken without even opening a web browser, fuck Norton Antivirus, fuck Microsoft Edge which always runs in the background if opened once. You have to kill it in the task manager.

Their new ''Recall'' spyware is one huge leap forward in spying on everything you do on your computer.

''But it's stored locally!'' DO YOU THINK WE'RE A BUNCH OF RETARDS? Locally-stored MY ASS, you're spying on it for sure, and if your computer gets stolen or hacked, ALL of this personal information is now in the hands of someone else.

Fuck. Off.