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FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

All I see is "there are no viruses because it's a small platform".

It's also a total lie. Do you know how many Linux servers there are in the world? It's a lot. Same for Android devices.

While these aren't quite the same, and thus not the same vulnerabilities as desktop Linux, they do provide some insights into the effectiveness of its security model.