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by benterix 1058 days ago
Is this even legal? After such an intrusion I wouldn't ever want to have anything to do with Oracle.
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> Is this even legal?

Probably not. But how would you feel about going up against Oracle's legal team to make the point? They, and other large companies, rely on this a lot when deciding upon whether or not to use dubious practises. I think Oracle's main business has become litigious & licensing arse-hole-ary, with everything else in their portfolio existing to support those functions, so they are rather good at it.

> After such an intrusion I wouldn't ever want to have anything to do with Oracle.

This sort of thing is why many people are wary of Oracle. The company has considerable form for this sort of thing and worse.

There are companies that weaponize the use of tracking to the point that just a visit from your IP address can result in leadgen.

For instance Lead Forensics, but there are others in this space as well.

Hence the blocking of said URLs afterwards.