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FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers

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Avast closed its Jumpshot subsidiary in 2020 after the antivirus giant was caught selling the browsing activity of millions of its customers.
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    Here is why :)

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      Congratz, you found a really shitty malware.

      I don’t think that’s lockbit quality.

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