Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG

Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG by Eisenstein on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:41AM (#36734207)

Make it so that if you get caught doing something like this, then there is no company to reform its image. Fine it 150% proportional to the value of all its assets, then judge every CEO and boardmember in charge during the events ineligible to work in that industry ever again.

Then we will see if it another company finds that it is worth it to make a few million in profit selling customer data.

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Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG by JumpCrisscross on Saturday July 15, 2023 @05:24AM (#36735051)

The history of law counsels against draconian punishment. There is a sweet spot between lenience, where crime is not deterred, and sadism, where crime is worth expending any and all effort for all even tangentially involved to cover up.

It’s tempting to give into Prohibitionist methods, so we see these proposals come up continuously. But proportionality has a purpose.

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Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG by Eisenstein on Saturday July 15, 2023 @09:26AM (#36736522)

You make a great point. I suppose the trick is finding something that hurts enough to make it not worth it to try, but isn't draconian.

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