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Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by wanderingmagus to c/technology
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Avast, the cybersecurity software company, is facing a $16.5 million fine after it was caught storing and selling customer information without their consent. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the fine on Thursday and said that it’s banning Avast from selling user data for advertising purposes.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What are you clicking on all day?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At least once every 6 months I come across a top Google result trying to download malicious scripts. The web searches are innocent, eg. "Iso standard metric thread" or "bee keeper hive monitor", which are both search terms in the past where a top result had malicious scripts.

[–] JTskulk 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you need the noscript browser extension instead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a horrible internet experience. No thanks.

[–] JTskulk 1 points 7 months ago

Nah it's pretty good. Just a little rough at first as you whitelist the websites you go to. After that they all load quicker since you're blocking a bunch of tracking and advertising sites.