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Which AV from a privacy respecting perspective ??
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<blockquote data-quote="monkeylove" data-source="post: 1117163" data-attributes="member: 19756"><p>AVs by default go against respecting privacy because they have to be intrusive.</p><p></p><p>If you want to avoid that, then you will have to take on the role of an AV. That is, at best the AV downloads signatures and some means to detect unusual behavior. If it can't explain something that happens and is not allowed to go online, then it will inform you, the user. From there, you have to go over the logs and see what is taking place, and from there figure out what to delete or quarantine, and so on.</p><p></p><p>It's like that news about repair people viewing personal data and even copying them:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-tech-repair-snooping-1.7000775[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]IFlDpUeMsKM[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>If you want to avoid that, and if they can bypass passwords by, for example, loading the device using another system, and then from there access the protected folders, then you'll have to backup the drive and factory-reset the device or have the drive or storage pulled out and given to you before they start repairing the machine.</p><p></p><p>And if it's a software problem then they'll have to repair the device in front of you, or something like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkeylove, post: 1117163, member: 19756"] AVs by default go against respecting privacy because they have to be intrusive. If you want to avoid that, then you will have to take on the role of an AV. That is, at best the AV downloads signatures and some means to detect unusual behavior. If it can't explain something that happens and is not allowed to go online, then it will inform you, the user. From there, you have to go over the logs and see what is taking place, and from there figure out what to delete or quarantine, and so on. It's like that news about repair people viewing personal data and even copying them: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-tech-repair-snooping-1.7000775[/URL] [MEDIA=youtube]IFlDpUeMsKM[/MEDIA] If you want to avoid that, and if they can bypass passwords by, for example, loading the device using another system, and then from there access the protected folders, then you'll have to backup the drive and factory-reset the device or have the drive or storage pulled out and given to you before they start repairing the machine. And if it's a software problem then they'll have to repair the device in front of you, or something like that. [/QUOTE]
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