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Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data (www.theverge.com)

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Avast, the cybersecurity software company, is facing a $16.5 million fine after it was caught storing and selling customer information without their consent. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the fine on Thursday and said that it’s banning Avast from selling user data for advertising purposes.

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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393

Wow literally the first thing i searched.

And get fucked for your tone you pedantic little punk.

[-] Promethiel@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Love the vibe and energy against pretense for pretense sakes, but your source makes you seem demented as it literally repeats exactly what they said if you read it.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Well fuck me then lol. Swhat i get for linking gizmodo. I'll take the L. Still that guy sucked and i won't unblock him

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I too love blocking people who make reading this place shittier.

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Read your own article all the way to the bottom ❤️

(Also thank you for citing a fucking Gizmodo article from 2018 instead of the actual Google Code of Conduct which is the top result for "Google Code of Conduct to prove my point about laziness beautifully. Please note, you'll have to read all the way to the end again, sorry. https://abc.xyz/investor/google-code-of-conduct/)

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