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Nemeski@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year ago

Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data

www.theverge.com

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Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data

www.theverge.com

Nemeski@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year ago
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Avast collected data on location, health concerns, and more.
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    Now do Firefox. It’s the best out there, but it’s not clean.

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      For what? The best what? Clean in what way?

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        You don’t know what clean means when concerned with privacy and selling data?

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          You’re entire post doesn’t really make any sense without any details, so no I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. It could be literal dirt for all I know.

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      Firefox is the product. Mozilla is the company.

      Sue Mozilla.

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