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@scalzi Sounds like a security scan, rather than either Chrome or Windows, specifically.
I find it weird that we've normalized spyware. My credit card companies keep emailing me to install their browser extensions. Honey was advertised by all those podcasters and youtubers until it turned out they were stealing the referrals on sales (and explicitly not delivering the best coupons.)
@waxy Reminiscent of the 500 mile email https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
The case of the 500-mile email

Albuquerque, NM, has become the largest U.S. city to permanently make public transportation free for everyone. The city found that fares didn’t cover the administrative fees, so they actually save money by making public transportation free.
@mattly @bucknam @anildash @jeffbyrnes This photo is from eye level. I'm 5'10". This kind of thing must have something to do with it.
@AKPAB @anildash @Steve8282 If I had to guess, increasing vehicle weight, super high front ends on newer trucks and SUVs, and then the anecdotal "people have been driving like maniacs the last few years" thing.