FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers | TechCrunch
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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.
  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Oh boy, I sure do hope this happens to other companies that do it!

    FakeSpot by Mozilla: sells browsing history to advertising partners

    Side eyeing the camera

    • kattenluik@feddit.nlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Fakespot’s entire thing seems to be being a cringy AI tool. I feel like whoever uses it should/would understand that this data is leaving their grasp.

      • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Make sure to check your Firefox about:config for “shopping2023” or whatever flag they called it… Soon we’ll all have Fakespot installed