#avast
AVAST mis en demeure d'arreter de vendre les données personnelles...
... récoltées avec ses applis "vie privée" et son antivirus...
Le scandale avait éclaté début 2020. Suite à une fuite de documents, on apprenait qu'une filiale de Avast se vantait de vendre "chaque clic, chaque donnée d'achat, chaque donnée de recherche, quelque soit le site".
Données récoltées entre 2014 et 2020, principalement avec l'antivirus Avast
100 millions d'ordinateurs impactés !
Les données incluaient aussi : recherches d'emploi, recherches g.maps, visites sur UT ou LinkedIn, sites pornos...
Parmi ses clients : #Homedepot #Google #Microsoft #Pepsi #McKinsey #Yelp #tripadvisor ...
Aujourd'hui, donc 4 ans après, la firme devra payer une amende de16,5 millions de dollars, et renoncer à vendre des données.
Depuis les faits incriminés, Avast a été racheté par une autre entreprise.
Sources : https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/avast-ordered-to-stop-selling-browsing-data-from-its-browsing-privacy-apps/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation
#avast #vieprivée #privacy #antivirus #addons #extensions #apps #données #data
#FTC to ban Avast from selling browsing data for #advertising purposes
The complaint says #Avast violated millions of consumers' rights by collecting, storing, and selling their browsing data without their knowledge and consent while misleading them that the products used to harvest their data would block online #tracking.
#news #crime #economy #security #software #scandal #internet #browser #fail #consumer #software
'I Don't Care About #Cookies' #extension #sold to #Avast
source: https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/21/avast_buys_i_dont_care_about_cookies_addon/
If Avast continues to offer the extension for free, and you're happy to trust the #company, this flurry of attention may prove beneficial – and if you don't, we suspect that free alternatives will probably start appearing in various browsers' extensions stores very soon.
#Firefox is already working on an alternative: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1783015
#addon #mozilla #browser #internet #economy #software #news #opensource #freedom
This does not tell you that #avast itself is #ProprietarySoftware #malware which is #spying on its users ('customers'). Avoid. Also ignore fake recommendations disguised as "comparisons". https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avasts-online-protection-and-secure-browser-products-win-latest-anti-phishing-comparison-test-301480816.html
...it's not free, it's #malware , and YOU are the product. #avast already caught abusing and #spying on the so-called 'users'... nowadays using their energy providers to mine #fakeCoins is a trend, too https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avast-free-antivirus-wins-av-comparatives-2021-outstanding-product-award-301464487.html
Free as in #freedom or 'free' #malware ? #avast has already been caught distributing #malware (technically). These companies need to fail, dissolve. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avast-launches-new-firewall-feature-in-avast-free-antivirus-301457760.html
● NEWS ● #ITWire #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Avast claims to have found #backdoor in US Govt commission network https://itwire.com/security/avast-claims-to-have-found-backdoor-in-us-govt-commission-network.html
#Avast is a #malware and mass #surveillance company that got caught red-handed #spying on 'customers', so it's trying to paint itself with the #privacy brush now https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avast-partners-with-celebrity-chef-carla-hall-to-demystify-online-cookies-and-share-a-recipe-for-online-privacy-301437136.html
#avast is #malware and it is VIOLATING your #privacy (!), it even got caught and exposed doing all this. So this press release seems like satire. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avast-upgrades-browser-extension-with-privacy-protection-capabilities-301429326.html
Another new example of SPAM on the #www disguised as "article" or "blog post". #avast is technically #malware too. https://www.hecticgeek.com/avast-free-vs-paid-feature-comparision/
Holy crap!! This is the same #AVAST that puts #MALWARE on people's PCs! I pity the people who fall for this scam: http://www.itnewsonline.com/PRNewswire/Avast-Launches-New-Premium-Browser-for-PCs-With-a-Built-in-Virtual-Private-Network/793462
#avast is a notorious #spying company which ships secret code; it's not taking back control of anything, it put itself in control of people https://www.wfmz.com/news/pr_newswire/pr_newswire_entertainment/avast-at-web-summit-2021-taking-back-control-of-the-internet/article_a7e518b9-9e03-5f3f-9a71-d401b7193279.html
Digital freedom????? #avast is #proprietarySoftware i.e. it is against freedom. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avast-steps-up-to-protect-digital-freedom-for-all-301378380.html
#Microsoft #Windows TCO: ● #Avast # ☞ Memorial Health System recovers from ransomware https://blog.avast.com/memorial-health-system-hit-by-ransomware-avast Microsoft has the audacoity to shift attention to LINUX security: http://techrights.org/2021/07/25/lectures-from-microsoft/
#Avast uses the #WWW 's anniversary to push #proprietarysoftware #skakeoil https://blog.avast.com/30th-anniversary-of-the-world-wide-web-avast
