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I think for me though, part of the aversion is how invasive apps can be.

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Quick take

Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of invasive gathered in one view.

adjective

Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.

noun

(biology) An invasive organism, such as an animal or plant.

adjective

(by extension) Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for invasive.

adjective

Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.

noun

(biology) An invasive organism, such as an animal or plant.

adjective

(by extension) Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.

adjective

(by extension) (medicine, surgery) Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.

Example sentences

I think for me though, part of the aversion is how invasive apps can be.

Second, requiring an invasive medical procedure on a live subject is hugely different to cadaver organ donation.

This is extremely simple, and Google has made this horribly invasive and it's flat out broken at this point.

All companies should be legally required to make those invasive privacy settings opt-in and not opt-out...

If you're down-voted, it's only because you make an invasive requirement of people without explaining yourself.

Sounds invasive, but is actually a tiny step towards more privacy: before, apps (i.e.

How much more or less invasive is Microsoft than other companies for comparable services?

The malware I've removed from my parent's computer is hugely invasive and it is usually tied to her account.

Also, somebody else mentioned this (in a less abrasive way) - what is it about the Twitter auth that's so creepy and invasive?

Making potentially invasive or offensive application behaviour completely transparent to the user is a good user experience in my book, and it discourages developers from using those sensors unless they actually need them.

I suspect that we'll have non-invasive mind to computer interfacing before my hands give out anyway.

Your effort might be better spent migrating to a less invasive system.

Quote examples

Looking back from today, there were also no "analytics" and no invasive pingback tracking every time you open a message (and no monetization).

So this won't help any websites which already use "excessive" ads as they aren't (or shouldn't be) using adsense, but instead are using more invasive networks.