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Re:Avast’s man in the middle by fidget on Sunday December 13, 2015 @03:29PM (#10727779)
It wouldn't be particuarly hard for avast to operate this system without having the key for the CA leaving your machine.
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Re:Avast’s man in the middle by venomsnake on Sunday December 13, 2015 @03:33PM (#10727800)
That won't help when they send part of the plaintext home. Which any antivirus program does from time to time
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Re:Avast’s man in the middle by muteh on Sunday December 13, 2015 @03:33PM (#10727797)
It might not be hard for them to do it, but how is the end user meant to know to ask if they do?
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