New: leaked documents, data, contracts show how hugely popular antivirus Avast now harvests internet browsing data and sells it for millions of dollars. Clients included Home Depot, Google, Microsoft. Documents show a product called "All Clicks Feed"https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation …
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Statement from Senator Wyden, whose office has been engaging with Avast directly to get answers on why the company sells browsing data. Wyden concerned Avast has not committed to delete the browsing data it collected without consent https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation …pic.twitter.com/SXhb2otW87
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Avast said it is not possible to identify individual users from its sold browsing data. Some clients, like Home Depot, we spoke to said the same. Experts think otherwise though, especially when a client combines Avast data with their own https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation …pic.twitter.com/quCuXZUal8
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This piece on Avast browsing data selling was a collaboration between Motherboard and PCMag. In their own piece, PCMag goes more into how the data could be de-anonymized. The outlet has now also pulled Avast from its recommendations of free antivirus https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-cost-of-avasts-free-antivirus-companies-can-spy-on-your-clicks …pic.twitter.com/3uauOev24I
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This is the new opt-in message that should be popping up on more Avast antivirus users' screens soon. It arguably isn't clear on what Jumpshot really does with this data: collect browsing history which can see what site you were on at what time, sells it https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation …pic.twitter.com/caL71F9fJm
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New: in response to our investigation into Avast, Senator Mark Warner says the FTC is not doing enough on the sale of browsing data "No consumer would realistically have an inkling that their antivirus software could be selling their browsing data"https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kzxzy/senator-mark-warner-ftc-not-doing-enough-on-browsing-data-avast-antivirus …
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Updated from FTC on Avast selling its antivirus users' browsing data: "We are very familiar with how these markets for data operate, and will not hesitate to take appropriate action as necessary where we find conduct that violates the laws we enforce." https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kzxzy/senator-mark-warner-ftc-not-doing-enough-on-browsing-data-avast-antivirus …pic.twitter.com/Ex6qm4FsfN
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After our piece on Avast antivirus selling users’ data: Bernie Sanders Thinks Companies That Sell Your Browser History Are ‘Trampling Over the Rights of Consumers’https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7ezby/bernie-sanders-thinks-companies-that-sell-your-browser-history-are-trampling-over-the-rights-of-consumers-avast-antivirus …
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"We are continuing to explore further changes we can make to improve transparency and choice for users of our products and will provide further updates in due course."https://www.pcmag.com/news/avast-defends-data-harvesting-plans-to-get-users-to-agree-to-it …
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Update: Avast is stopping this data collection and closing its data selling company with immediate effect. Original investigation updated with this note https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxejbb/avast-antivirus-is-shutting-down-jumpshot-data-collection-arm-effective-immediately …pic.twitter.com/SmwGi6IiQZ
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I've just removed AVG from my tablet. I have never been made aware that they were recording this data, let alone selling it.
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