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Practically speaking, none of the security risks involved have anything to do with the Czech Republic – it’s a safe, modern European democracy with data protect
by zoul 3y ago
Practically speaking, none of the security risks involved have anything to do with the Czech Republic – it’s a safe, modern European democracy with data protection laws better than US.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoI believe you, I really do, but they are still a foreign nation thousands of km away, and the laws are different and largely unknown to Americans. In their HQ and datacenters, they would also be subjected to a rather different mélange of threat actors, and so an adversary that would have no chance in these United States, might have an opening to use Avast! as a vector, or at least exploit the juicy, juicy log data and telemetry they are able to collect with their root-privileged apps.
- reportgunner 3y agoWho is the chairman of Avast ? Who owns Avast ? Americans do. Americans buying Avast is when Avast became this bad.
- encabulator 3y agoNow you know how I feel every day using services from companies like Google and Apple that are in a foreign nation thousands of km away, and the laws are different and largely unknown to me :)