Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feed1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx44.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Followup-To: no From: 5GyYap52yQ1UGMWD Newsgroups: alt.computer.security,alt.privacy Subject: Re: Is Your Antivirus Software Spying on You? Organization: OKjKuDVJ4vdFoLY3 References: <78218c9abb92ac58f020f9a66b78cd69@dizum.com> Message-ID: <87tu3lgap4.fsf@wpv.povc> User-Agent: Ro24vL8xIvd7tA0W.wm2pt Cancel-Lock: sha1:6qjiEvSp2SI8bMnN25YMGjZx/TM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 31 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blocknews.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 06:00:12 UTC Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 13:08:39 +0800 X-Received-Bytes: 2072 Xref: csiph.com alt.computer.security:6227 alt.privacy:27519 Nomen Nescio writes: > It goes without saying that reliable antivirus software plays a > crucial role in IT security. As malware continues to become more > sophisticated and prolific (more than 350,000 malware samples are > released every single day), home users and business owners alike need > to have protection in place to stop these modern digital threats. > > However, antivirus products are not immune to privacy problems. While > the antivirus industry is ostensibly on the side of good, many > antivirus products behave in a way that infringes on users’ privacy. > Whether they intercept web traffic, sell browser history data, or > allow backdoor access to government agencies, many antivirus products > are guilty of jeopardizing the very thing they are designed to > protect: your data. > > Here are five ways antivirus software may interfere with your privacy. > > https://restoreprivacy.com/antivirus-privacy/ > A program that unapologetically scans all of your files, all the time, is spying on you. Well, isn't that a surprise. The best kind of "anti-virus" software is good computing practice and pre-emptive protection. You should always have an adblocker running in your browser and do not download any files that you are not sure of its provenance. -- Pointless meanderings in a bleak and lonely world.