Avast sold data of millions of its free antivirus users

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Security vendor Avast allegedly traded the data of millions of users globally with a number of free antivirus products. In the Netherlands, Privacy First and Stichting CUIC are taking Avast to court over the alleged privacy violations for over 5 million Dutch users.

Worldwide, 435 million users are allegedly involved. Avast is said to have collected the data via AVG Online Security, Avast Secure Browser and AVG Secure Browser, among others. Among this data are highly sensitive data such as Google search queries, Web shop transactions and also visits to porn sites.

A spokesman for the Dutch CUIC Foundation reports to the AD that they find it bizarre that this fervent data hunger takes place precisely at “a company that stands for online security.” One speaks of an “abuse of our trust”.

Free, but not without something in return
The spokesperson further stated, “It’s all backwards. You install an antivirus program to protect your PC and get spying in return. We think this is a big scandal.”

Rarely is a product truly free, it turns out. Where many security companies provide services for a monthly fee, there are still plenty of free alternatives. For example, the revenue model of the Czech company Avast is said to depend on data collection and processing. We see the same thing, for example, with major social media platforms and the increasingly accessible entry-level Windows over the years. More information about a consumer means more value for tech giants and third parties.

Avast has apologized for the data collection, but they do mention in the terms of use that this data will be anonymized. The lawsuit will reveal how this privacy policy stacks up to the law.

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anthonyqian

AI翻译版：

据报道,安全供应商Avast涉嫌与多个提供免费杀毒产品的供应商交易全球数以百万计用户的数据。在荷兰,Privacy First和Stichting CUIC基金会正就涉嫌侵犯超过500万荷兰用户隐私的行为起诉Avast。
据称全球共有4.35亿用户受到影响。Avast据说通过AVG网上安全、Avast安全浏览器和AVG安全浏览器等产品收集了这些数据。这些数据中包括极其敏感的数据,如谷歌搜索查询、网上购物交易,甚至访问sq网站的记录。
荷兰CUIC基金会的一位发言人向AD表示,他们发现一家"致力于网上安全"的公司竟然表现出如此强烈的数据渴望,这令人难以置信。有人称此举为“滥用我们的信任”。
免费,但不是免费的
这位发言人进一步表示:"这完全颠倒了。你安装杀毒软件是为了保护你的电脑,结果却招来了监视。我们认为这是一个巨大的丑闻。"
很少有产品是真正免费的,这一点已经很明显了。虽然许多安全公司以每月收费的形式提供服务,但仍有许多免费的选择。例如,据说捷克Avast公司的收入模式依赖于数据收集和处理。我们在主要社交媒体平台和逐渐普及的入门级Windows系统中也看到了同样的情况。消费者的更多信息意味着对科技巨头和第三方的更大价值。
Avast已经为数据收集道歉,但他们在服务条款中确实提到这些数据将被匿名化。此诉讼将揭示这一隐私政策与法律的关系。
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但好像是旧新闻。。。

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海龙王_ccmd

其实，大家都知道，没有一个系统和软件不收集数据的，即使是收费的。

ShawnQi

很早以前就有了，现在不知道还是不是收集，据说是卖给第三方中间商，然后给微软和谷歌

abc531005

anthonyqian 发表于 2023-7-8 08:52
AI翻译版：

据报道,安全供应商Avast涉嫌与多个提供免费杀毒产品的供应商交易全球数以百万计用户的数据。 ...

请问用的是哪款翻译神器？有网站没？如果有麻烦发过来看看 谢谢。

anthonyqian

abc531005 发表于 2023-7-9 09:26
请问用的是哪款翻译神器？有网站没？如果有麻烦发过来看看 谢谢。

Claude

abc531005

anthonyqian 发表于 2023-7-9 09:29
Claude

好的。

18qaz

海龙王_ccmd 发表于 2023-7-8 14:40
其实，大家都知道，没有一个系统和软件不收集数据的，即使是收费的。

功能需要收集数据和收集数据转卖给第三方是两回事，avast顶着安全软件的帽子，干着间谍软件的事，吐口痰再走