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Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

"Data about the websites a person visits isn’t just another corporate asset open to unfettered commercial exploitation," Fair writes.

Fair.

Disclosure: Condé Nast, Ars Technica's parent company, received data from Jumpshot before its closure.

Nice.

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Unfucking believable, also the grift continues "Avast has been acquired by Gen Digital, a firm that contains Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, CCLeaner, and ReputationDefender, among other security businesses."

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 13 points 8 months ago (4 children)

… CCLeaner

Oh, that's why.

[–] hagelslager@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

CCLeaner?

They really don't like the original name Crap Cleaner anymore, eh?

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 8 months ago

BulkCrapUninstaller is pretty good tho.

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