There are those on the forum who have so much emotional attachment wrapped up in avast
that to contemplate their wrong doing is painful, a kind of cognitive dissonance.
They handle the conflict by denying and minimizing the uncomfortable information.
What should be the typical users reaction? My own opinion, these days, would be a healthy skepticism
to any third party A/V - Let's be honest, users' data is now big business ($$$).
We can open hope avast is true to their word going forward. It doesn't excuse their previous selling
of the data. The clues were there for those wanted to see.
So you use Window and Defender and you now have no worries about your privacy?
Good luck.
What privacy? Collecting my browsing history so I can be targeted with certain advertising?
Stealing my credit card or bank information? Blackmailing me because I visited an adult site?
I still use avast free in an old XP box, version 17.3.2291. Two or three programs I still use there, but almost no
web browsing - maybe participation in a forum or two, but no web activity where any important info is exchanged.
We do our main web access from a Windows 8.1 PC, and yes, we do use Defender. I use Firefox
with uBlock Origin and trackers blocked. But even still, I'm not that naive; I'm under no illusion that my web browsing
will necessarily remain private - let alone whether or not any data collected will be sold.
Are you suggesting avast users data remained private? How did that work out?