Avast collected data on location, health concerns, and more.

Avast, the cybersecurity software company, is facing a $16.5 million fine after it was caught storing and selling customer information without their consent. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the fine on Thursday and said that it’s banning Avast from selling user data for advertising purposes.

And people still think they can trust password managers lmao

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Why? What’s wrong with Keepass?

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Who knows? I just keep track of my own passwords so when the rest of you find out I won’t be a part of it lol. Everyone on lemmy is so anti Google and anti Microsoft because of what they do with your data, that it’s actually hilarious that so many just freely give EVERY SINGLE PASSWORD for their accounts to password management apps, like nothing bad could ever come from it.

If you can keep track of your passwords yourself, why take such a massive gamble?

You’re smarter than the collective wisdom of the entire cybersecurity community, I see. Researchers who have been doing this for decades have nothing on you. People with peer-reviewed studies and bucketloads of data are like pawns in the face of your vast intellect. When FOSS password managers fall, you’ll be the only one left standing and the world will bow at your feet. Certainly you are the first person to have ever thought of this.

Be a sarcastic ass all you want, at least I can remember a password without relying on some random company lol. You keep giving all your passwords away though, no skin off my back

One password. Yes, that’s the problem. Thank you for so eloquently disassembling your own inane point.

I’m sorry you can’t even remember one. Maybe work on reading comprehension first. Have a great life!

You said “a password.” That’s one. I think my reading comprehension is just fine, but I admire your commitment to misunderstanding the point at every turn. It solidly explains why you’re against password managers when literally everyone who knows anything about Internet security is for them.

Oh, I can remember far more than one. But I can’t remember the 687 that I have currently stored in Bitwarden. Can you? Can you accurately and correctly remember six hundred and eighty-seven unique and distinct passwords? 687 unique and distinct passwords that are long and complex enough to be difficult to guess? Can you constantly monitor all 687 accounts for when they show up in data breaches? Can you recognize all 687 login screens for when they’re spoofed for a phishing attack? Remember, some of those are banks! You’ve probably given a couple of them your SSN! There are 687 potential land mines out there. Good luck!

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Jfc I don’t fucking care whether or not you believe me, do whatever you want with your passwords.

I could use “A” breath of fresh air
I could go for “A” bite of pizza
I can remember “A” password where you can’t

Next time use context clues

Now please shut the fuck up, this entire interaction with you has been enough for the rest of my life, and at this point you’re literally the last person I would ever listen to about passwords. Have a good “A”!

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That works great when you’re young, kid, bit when you get older, you’re going to be forgetting and resetting a lot of those passwords.

I don’t think anyone on lemmy is under 30 lol

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Yeah, those. Thanks for the example.

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So is your problem with using a password manager at all, or just the companies/sources of them?

Any company trying to get my data, really, and my passwords are the most sensitive of my data. Even if I coded one myself, and kept it completely local, my passwords are all in one place if that device gets compromised.

I can remember my passwords, so why take the gamble?

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Well, you do you, but I’m happier with complex unique password locked behind a 2FA open source self hosted encrypted vault than I am remembering a few passwords shared amongst services. I have 400+ entries in it, and if I get hit by a bus, my wife has access to it with her yubikey.

You do you as well, one of the amazing things about all the technology we have available to us lol.

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