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<blockquote data-quote="IceMan7" data-source="post: 1121172" data-attributes="member: 121355">Eset LiveGuard...hmmmA very good and interesting function that additionally protects us from threats. A suspicious file is blocked and then sent to the cloud for analysis.Today, with friends over a beer and chips, we were thinking about LiveGuard in terms of privacy. However, we send files to the cloud. Eset is certainly private, but these days.... Avast was also supposed to be private before the scandal broke out.In Eset settings, there is of course the option to disable files and folders so that LiveGuard does not send them to the cloud.But what about files that we save on a regular basis on the computer. Any sensitive data, PDFs or photos (for example, a photo of my woman&#039;s bare breasts)? Eset will decide that the file is suspicious and tadaaam - it went to the cloudWhat do you think about it? On the one hand, this technology increases security, but on the other hand it reduces privacy.Here is more about privacy Eset LiveGuard[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://support.eset.com/en/kb6569-eset-liveguard-advanced-faq[/URL]For example, this is what Bitdefender writes on its website when it comes to their cloud protectionThe Global Protective NetworkScanning is mainly done in the cloud, so the impact on local resources is virtually zero. This means that the speed and performance of your system remains intact. And your files are always fully protected: Bitdefender does not scan the contents of your files itself and never uploads or stores them in the cloud.I don&#039;t know how Kaspersky cloud protection works. Closer to BD or Eset?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IceMan7, post: 1121172, member: 121355"] Eset LiveGuard...hmmm A very good and interesting function that additionally protects us from threats. A suspicious file is blocked and then sent to the cloud for analysis. Today, with friends over a beer and chips, we were thinking about LiveGuard in terms of privacy. However, we send files to the cloud. Eset is certainly private, but these days.... Avast was also supposed to be private before the scandal broke out. In Eset settings, there is of course the option to disable files and folders so that LiveGuard does not send them to the cloud. But what about files that we save on a regular basis on the computer. Any sensitive data, PDFs or photos (for example, a photo of my woman's bare breasts)? Eset will decide that the file is suspicious and tadaaam - it went to the cloud What do you think about it? On the one hand, this technology increases security, but on the other hand it reduces privacy. Here is more about privacy Eset LiveGuard [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.eset.com/en/kb6569-eset-liveguard-advanced-faq[/URL] [U]For example, this is what Bitdefender writes on its website when it comes to their cloud protection[/U] [I]The Global Protective Network Scanning is mainly done in the cloud, so the impact on local resources is virtually zero. This means that the speed and performance of your system remains intact. And your files are always fully protected: Bitdefender does not scan the contents of your files itself and never uploads or stores them in the cloud.[/I] I don't know how Kaspersky cloud protection works. Closer to BD or Eset? [/QUOTE]

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