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I guess the old adage applied here ... free all to often comes with a cost:
www.yahoo.com
"Antivirus program Avast, which is used by hundreds of millions of people, collected and sold users' most secretive browsing data to some of the world's largest companies until 2019. Once Avast was installed on computers, it collected user browsing data, and its subsidiary Jumpshot then repackaged that data and sold it to companies ..."
Not suggesting that they are the only company doing this ... one should always be aware of the basic underpinnings of capitalism. Nothing is really free ... businesses don't exist to "not make money".
Antivirus program tracked users' porn habits, sold browsing data
Antivirus program Avast, which is used by hundreds of millions of people, collected and sold users' most secretive browsing data to some of the world's largest companies until 2019.
"Antivirus program Avast, which is used by hundreds of millions of people, collected and sold users' most secretive browsing data to some of the world's largest companies until 2019. Once Avast was installed on computers, it collected user browsing data, and its subsidiary Jumpshot then repackaged that data and sold it to companies ..."
Not suggesting that they are the only company doing this ... one should always be aware of the basic underpinnings of capitalism. Nothing is really free ... businesses don't exist to "not make money".
