Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 22/02/2024Another data privacy win: four years after I sounded the alarm on Avast selling users' private browsing data, the FTC has officially ruled this browsing data is sensitive personal information that can't be shared without permission and has fined Avast. 11504108 0
Dreggas13 @dreggas13.bsky.social · 22/02/2024Jesus H Christ. They overcharge for everything and then push you to buy more services and now they are selling the browsing data they are supposed to be protecting? WTF? 000 0
Notakin (Commissions Open! - Slots: 1/4) @notakin.newgrounds.com · 22/02/2024haha, serves them right, still not using avast tho. 010 0
David Suffling @suffling.ca · 22/02/2024$16M? That fine should be 20x as high, or 100x the revenue they brought in, whichever is greater. 021 0
🦋 Leo McDevitt 🦋 @leoslaire.bsky.social · 22/02/2024Now do Reddit, please! They are planning to sell our data to an "unnamed" AI company.theverge.comReddit has a new AI training deal to sell user contentReddit’s reported AI deal comes as it prepares to go public. 052 0
Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 22/02/2024Thank you! Can we have the same for the way in which Chrome Sync tricks people into giving their entire browsing history to Google using a series of deceptive patterns? 050 0
Mark (reluctant scrivener) @markmadsen.bsky.social · 22/02/2024Will this extend to restricting internet providers from doing the same? 000 0
DFW Sam @dfwsam.bsky.social · 22/02/2024So that free version wasn’t so free? Tell me it ain’t so! 000 0
Serenity Now! @cpo10za.bsky.social · 22/02/2024Thank you, again, for your productive efforts on this issue. 000 0