Well, in my experience using AVG, yes it does, but it is made to look like your data is being used for security purposes, not advertising purposes. Most ordinary users wouldn't expect a security program to collect data for anything other than to improve security, and that is where this controversy begins IMHO.
Leaked: Avast antivirus is selling highly sensitive web browsing data to the world's biggest companies
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Well, in my experience using AVG, yes it does, but it is made to look like your data is being used for security purposes, not advertising purposes. Most ordinary users wouldn't expect a security program to collect data for anything other than to improve security, and that is where this controversy begins IMHO.
- Jan 9, 2017
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Just search Avast on Google and see top stories
All the sites are talking about this now
www.cnet.com
All the sites are talking about this now
Antivirus software maker Avast is reportedly selling its users' web data
Sensitive browsing data is repackaged and sold by a subsidiary called Jumpshot, according to a Motherboard and PCMag investigation.
www.cnet.com
- Jan 10, 2018
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So what is so extraordinary here?
Nobody forces users to download Avast and they are even warned about it.
Again little media want to make sensation.
And coming from PCmag on top of that...
Nobody forces users to download Avast and they are even warned about it.
Again little media want to make sensation.
And coming from PCmag on top of that...
- Apr 5, 2014
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not surprised for me !
its a long time I said this company is NSA ToolBox
Now All of us understand how Avast buy AVG
its a long time I said this company is NSA ToolBox
Now All of us understand how Avast buy AVG
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- Aug 4, 2016
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It was many months ago if not longer when Avast openly publicised incredibly detailed info about their users habits, as I remember Fabian said and this is just how I remember it - 'I wonder how they got that info'? - One thing that surprises me according ho the report Microsoft bought this info, why would Microsoft need such telemetry when they can get all they need?
Not good for Avast but unlikely it's just them? Avast don't really hide what they've been doing & openly publicise it, I wonder if they have ever visited the planet Earth?
Not good for Avast but unlikely it's just them? Avast don't really hide what they've been doing & openly publicise it, I wonder if they have ever visited the planet Earth?
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- May 7, 2016
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Official Avast statement on the recent news about privacy: Official statement on the recent news about privacy
This kind of statement was expected, and nothing inside is either extraordinary.
- May 7, 2016
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Yeah but what is extraordinary according to you?
that they would stop data mining, but no, they just precised that the datas will be anonymous.
- May 7, 2016
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All AV company does that isn't it? Very few companies is respectful about users privacy.
In the end "privacy is a myth"(Internet)
Indeed, I think the same, privacy is all about what you chose to expose.
- May 14, 2019
- 116
Considering these kind of things happening to avast in the past, this isn't very surprising... Avast is definitely among the worst, if not the worst when it comes to privacy in AV industry.
uk.pcmag.com
uk.pcmag.com
Mozilla Removes Avast and AVG Extensions From Firefox
Four Avast and AVG extensions were harvesting user data and browsing histories.
Hackers Target Avast's CCleaner Again Using Stolen VPN Logins
This comes two years after hackers stole trade secrets from high-profile tech firms by rigging version 5.33 of Avast's CCleaner with well-hidden malware, but 'we do not know if this was the same actor as before,' Avast's CIO says.
- May 10, 2019
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If you're going to use free, I suggest you stay with Windows Defender.
- Jul 21, 2017
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Oh man, this is going to cause considerbale emotional stress when i delete avast from my mom's computer
- Sep 3, 2017
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Most of the techies, people need free free at the cost of pro
How would you expect an X to provide luxury for free that too without a single penny.
Acceptable and Fine ...
So concerned to pay and fear to use Free, switch to Linux
How would you expect an X to provide luxury for free that too without a single penny.
Acceptable and Fine ...
So concerned to pay and fear to use Free, switch to Linux
- May 10, 2019
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Not an excuse! The paid version of Avast does collect the same amount of data right? It is a matter of ethics and not anything else.
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The use of the term "free" is even misleading. Tell your users that they are "the product". Tell them that you are going to sell their data. It was never free and will never be.
- Sep 3, 2017
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There is definetly an option to exclude from data participation / Cloud threat participation..i remember it..dig into settings
However avast is ridicilous... paid av vendors too collect however strictly limited to internal threat statistics , analysis and response
- Apr 27, 2014
- 50
People must understand that nothing is free here in the world.
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