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Avast to Pay $16.5M Fine For Selling Consumer Browsing Data (www.darkreading.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ReverendTyler to c/linuxcafe

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The FTC found that Avast collected reams of personal data through its antivirus product, then sold it to more than 100 third parties without disclosing its practices.

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[–] aidan 3 points 7 months ago

Who's surprised that the traditionally obnoxious to uninstall anti-viruses are viruses themselves?

[–] redtomato 3 points 7 months ago

What a disgrace. First thing you gotta do when you get a new PC is nuke the anti virus. Ideally, get rid of Windows entirely.