Re:Avast caught selling user data
by altdatathrow on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:54AM
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I work in this world. This is just one company of many doing the exact same thing. We're going to need a lot more investigative journalists.
They sell which apps are installed on your phone and how often you use each [1], they sell your credit card transactions [2], they sell your emails [3], they sell your web browsing activity (jumpshot on this list) [4], and they sell your precise timestampped locations [5].
Senators are trying to get Yodlee investigated by the FTC [6] and they sell data to numerous companies. Second Measure's (YC S15) entire business model is cleaning up and reselling Yodlee's data.
Re:Avast caught selling user data
by clmul on Thursday January 30, 2020 @10:08AM
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Makes me wonder at what point they will sell your input (keyboard) history... There's technically nothing stopping them from it, if they have access to all this other information.
They sell which apps are installed on your phone and how often you use each [1], they sell your credit card transactions [2], they sell your emails [3], they sell your web browsing activity (jumpshot on this list) [4], and they sell your precise timestampped locations [5].
Senators are trying to get Yodlee investigated by the FTC [6] and they sell data to numerous companies. Second Measure's (YC S15) entire business model is cleaning up and reselling Yodlee's data.
[1] https://alternativedata.org/data-providers//category,app-usa...
[2] https://alternativedata.org/data-providers//category,credit-...
[3] https://alternativedata.org/data-providers//category,email-c...
[4] https://alternativedata.org/data-providers//category,web-tra...
[5] https://alternativedata.org/data-providers//category,geo-loc...
[6] https://thehill.com/policy/technology/478766-lawmakers-call-...