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.

  • Contend6248@feddit.de
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    6 个月前

    A good example would be Yuzu (the Switch emulator), it was open source and collected so much telemetry that Nintendo might go after their users.

    This might be fear tactic but it shows you that you aren’t safe

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      I don’t know about Yuzu’s data collection but they were destroyed because they existed.