[HN Gopher] Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its...
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       Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing
       privacy apps
        
       Author : AdmiralAsshat
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2024-02-23 20:51 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | hot_gril wrote:
       | Oh my, I remember Avast. Fastest I ever nuked an HDD was after
       | seeing it on there.
        
         | o11c wrote:
         | I remember Avast from when it was still in the "earn a good
         | reputation" phase rather than the "sell out, obnoxiously"
         | phase.
        
       | HtmlProgrammer wrote:
       | To think I used to recommend Avast to people over paying for
       | Norton or Mcafee (RIP)
        
         | EA-3167 wrote:
         | Same here, but to be fair it was a totally different age. These
         | days anyone selling consumer antivirus is right up there with
         | people selling "hydrogen water" to rubes. The whole landscape
         | of PC security has changed so much!
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | [dupe]
       | 
       | More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39470189
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39475851
        
       | dreamcompiler wrote:
       | This is an old form of grift: "Pay us $X per month and we'll
       | protect you from thieves. (Except for us of course.)"
       | 
       | Apple is doing the same thing today: "Use our products and we'll
       | protect you from people who would snoop your private data.
       | (Except for us of course.)"
        
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