Is Your Antivirus Really Spying on You?

[learninmypc]

Avast is collecting its users’ browsing histories and selling the data to third parties, according to a joint investigation by PCMag and Motherboard. This is just the latest example of free antivirus software harvesting data. After all, that free antivirus has to make money somehow.

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[neeyik]

Adrian beat you to it!

Avast's free antivirus solution tracks users online to mine data for companies like Microsoft, Pepsi, and Google

At a time when high-profile tech executives are calling on governments to impose more stringent privacy rules, there's nothing like another reminder that everyone is fighting to...

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[learninmypc]

I don't use avast