Definitions
computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent
Word origin
From spy + -ware.
Used in a sentence
“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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Secret tracking software”7 letters
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