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FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] TK420 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How the mighty have fallen

[โ€“] FrankTheHealer 2 points 10 months ago

I remember when Avast was considered the least shit or at least, one of the less shit options for Antivirus. Pretty much seems all those antivirus products are just malware with marketing teams now.