LeoM to Linux and Tech [email protected]English • 10 months agoAvast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing datawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-linkAvast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing datawww.theverge.comLeoM to Linux and Tech [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
minus-square@damnthefilibusterlinkEnglish18•10 months agoCould it have been more of a slap on the wrist than $16 million? Bullshit. Give the FTC some teeth. Let them fine companies into non-existence.
minus-squareLeoOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish15•10 months ago and sold it to over 100 third parties without the knowledge of customers, the complaint says. Fine them every penny of the sale price multiplied by a few. Until it costs companies more than they make off the deal to do this, they won’t stop.
Could it have been more of a slap on the wrist than $16 million? Bullshit. Give the FTC some teeth. Let them fine companies into non-existence.
Fine them every penny of the sale price multiplied by a few. Until it costs companies more than they make off the deal to do this, they won’t stop.