> This suite of products, in order to function, must collect and analyze every URL visited by every browser of every machine on which its installed. ... That's

> This suite of products, in order to function, must collect and analyze every URL visited by every browser of every machine on which its installed. ... That's why these products are privacy nightmares. Bitdefender has admitted that it compromised a user.[0] That was a major case. I'm sure that many other users have been hosed, in less newsworthy ways. > Because Avast has to see and process all these URLs anyway (in order to serve their function of providing web security), they anonymize, aggregate, and remove any personally-identifiable information from the browser URL visits and then provide them to Jumpshot, who then makes estimates about broad web usage behavior. There's no reason why URLs need ever be uploaded. 0) https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/massive-blow-to-criminal-dark-web-activities-after-globally-coordinated-operation https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/massive-blow-to-...