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Is Your Antivirus Software Spying on You?

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  Is Your Antivirus Software Spying on You? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2022-10-29 23:34 +0200
    Re: Is Your Antivirus Software Spying on You? 5GyYap52yQ1UGMWD <ehj46PkBWfBAng9C@VW28LtWn6wknpUMV.invalid> - 2022-10-30 13:08 +0800
    Re: Is Your Antivirus Software Spying on You? anonymous <anonymous@invalid.com> - 2023-01-24 06:39 +0000

#6219 — Is Your Antivirus Software Spying on You?

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/

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#6227

Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> 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.

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#6275

Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in
news:78218c9abb92ac58f020f9a66b78cd69@dizum.com: 

> 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/
> 

The latest offerings from the so-called "good" av programs are seriously
lacking. They cannot deal with the ransomware trojan threat and are just
buggy as hell. That's why they're offering "free" trials so you can act 
as the debugger without them having to pay you.

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