Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions)
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I think that next reports explain themselves... if you are a Avast (or AVG) fan, just leave and don´t read next articles.
"The data doesn't include personal information, but experts fear it could be 'de-anonymized.'"
https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/27/avast-jumpshot-selling-user-data/"Avast and its subsidiary AVG, caught selling customer data to corporate clients last year, are at it again—this time using its free antivirus programs if you opt in to data collection, a new report said Monday. "
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3516502/report-avast-and-avg-collect-and-sell-your-personal-info-via-their-free-antivirus-programs.html -
@MC_Bol said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
Think that the next reports explain themselves... o Avast (and AVG)
"The data doesn't include personal information, but experts fear it could be 'de-anonymized.'"
https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/27/avast-jumpshot-selling-user-data/"Avast and its subsidiary AVG, caught selling customer data to corporate clients last year, are at it again—this time using its free antivirus programs if you opt in to data collection, a new report said Monday. "
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3516502/report-avast-and-avg-collect-and-sell-your-personal-info-via-their-free-antivirus-programs.htmlIf you aren't paying for it, you are the product being sold. (in many situations, free and open source obviously doesn't apply).
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So what you're saying is that all these companies that profit from pilfered data should be paying ALL their users dividend checks for the profitability of their data?
I'm definitely saying that. Pay me, Zuckerberg, Bezos, whoever runs M$ now, etc.
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@VoIP_n00b said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-defender-great-so-why-even-gamble-third-party-antivirus
I say this to clients EVERY DAY.
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Windows Defender... everything else is snakeoil. I always try to not laugh when someone says "But XYZ has a built in virus scanner for SSL connections"
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@scottalanmiller said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@VoIP_n00b said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-defender-great-so-why-even-gamble-third-party-antivirus
I say this to clients EVERY DAY.
Ditto - can't believe how many people still pay for norton.
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@thwr said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
Windows Defender... everything else is snakeoil. I always try to not laugh when someone says "But XYZ has a built in virus scanner for SSL connections"
But how will VARs make money now?
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@coliver said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@thwr said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
Windows Defender... everything else is snakeoil. I always try to not laugh when someone says "But XYZ has a built in virus scanner for SSL connections"
But how will VARs make money now?
They'll shift their resources to being license auditors.
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@coliver said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@thwr said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
Windows Defender... everything else is snakeoil. I always try to not laugh when someone says "But XYZ has a built in virus scanner for SSL connections"
But how will VARs make money now?
How did buggy whip makers make money when horse where no longer the driving force in transportation?
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@Dashrender said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@coliver said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@thwr said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
Windows Defender... everything else is snakeoil. I always try to not laugh when someone says "But XYZ has a built in virus scanner for SSL connections"
But how will VARs make money now?
How did buggy whip makers make money when horse where no longer the driving force in transportation?
They started to make glue. .
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Repeat after me: There is no such thing as free. There is no such thing as free. There is no such thing as free.
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@DustinB3403 said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@Dashrender said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@coliver said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@thwr said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
Windows Defender... everything else is snakeoil. I always try to not laugh when someone says "But XYZ has a built in virus scanner for SSL connections"
But how will VARs make money now?
How did buggy whip makers make money when horse where no longer the driving force in transportation?
They started to make glue. .
And Jello (it's rumored same base goes into both)
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Some of you may remember this discussion https://twitter.com/justinschuh/status/802491391121260544 and this blog post https://medium.com/@justin.schuh/stop-buying-bad-security-prescriptions-f18e4f61ba9e
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@Dashrender They made throttle cables. Then, when HVAC started being incorporated the control leaver cables. Then, branched off into cables for bicycles when they became the norm.
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@PhlipElder Oh, and can't forget the six pack and dual quad linkages either.
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A bit OC, but... You won't believe what people sell - and what others actually buy. For example:
- Fibre cables with "gold contacts" -> https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/875f5k/optical_cables_with_gold_plated_connectors/
- RCA cable made from "old Japanese overland phone lines" wrapped in silk paper for just a few thousand dollars per meter (can't find the link ATM)
- On guy is offering a "cable ionization service" for better sound results via eBay where I live. Approx. 50-100 EUR per cable.
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@PhlipElder said in Avast... free Antivirus?? (sells your info for millions):
@Dashrender They made throttle cables. Then, when HVAC started being incorporated the control leaver cables. Then, branched off into cables for bicycles when they became the norm.
that wasn't the point - the point was that they either evolved to a new business - or died.
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@Dashrender Seems to be same page to me.
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