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FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

I remember a long time ago when Avast came highly recommended, at least back when I had gone looking for reviews. Back when antivirus was still more or less a necessity.