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Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data
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this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2024
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Per much any and all anti-virus/privacy software made by a for-profit company is bloatware at best and malicious at worst. Just use the built in Windows Defender if you’re still using Windows or nothing if you’re on Mac or Linux.