Another reason not to use Avast:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-avast-browsing-data-privacy/
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FTC accuses Avast of selling users' web usage data
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, Feb 24 2024 08:29 PM
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Posted 24 February 2024 - 08:29 PM
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Posted 24 February 2024 - 08:44 PM
Or AVG and Ccleaner as well. All the same company.
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Posted 24 February 2024 - 08:50 PM
Another reason not to use Avast:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-avast-browsing-data-privacy/
Or AVG and Ccleaner as well. All the same company.
Or NortonLifelock (aka "Gen")
https://www.pcmag.com/news/nortonlifelock-merges-with-avast-to-form-new-company-called-gen
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Posted 29 February 2024 - 09:34 PM
Not the first time they have been suspected of this:
https://www.techworm.net/2019/12/avast-avg-extension-spying-chrome-firefox.html
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Posted 01 March 2024 - 04:29 AM
Or AVG and Ccleaner as well. All the same company.
Not quite,
Under the same umbrella company, Gen Digital, but each still has their own company rules, policy, and practices.
Admitted that some of them have dodgy practices, which of course then throws suspicion on the others.
But just because one step-sibling is a wrong'un doesn't make the whole family bad.
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Posted 01 March 2024 - 05:43 AM
Or just let Windows OS doing the spying instead of third party software. Keeps it a lot more simpler by using just the Windows's Defender.
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Posted 02 March 2024 - 08:56 AM
As Andy of Mayberry would say:
Don't it just warm your lil' ol' heart, knowing that you are so loved by businesses? Garsh, life is bootiful, ain't it?
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