FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers | TechCrunch
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Avast closed its Jumpshot subsidiary in 2020 after the antivirus giant was caught selling the browsing activity of millions of its customers.
  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 年前

    The corporation made TENS of millions from lying to customers, stealing their data, then selling it — they were fined $18 million… This is better than nothing, but still complete dogshit.

    Would you consider fining a car thief a fraction of the value of the car they stole justice? No! Because that would be a sick fucking joke!

    The corporation should be fined 10x the revenue of the crime, and the leadership who signed off on this should be criminally prosecuted, personally fined a percentage of their wealth, and imprisoned.

    Corporate criminals should be treated like actual criminals.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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        1 年前

        So? That doesn’t absolve any of the former decision makers of their crimes. This is the kind of mentality that both enables and facilitates corporate criminals and corruption.

        If you purchase a stolen car you don’t get to keep it if the crime is uncovered or the real owners are found. When you purchase a company you purchase its liabilities. If those liabilities/crimes were not disclosed, then you have a case for rescinding the purchase and prosecuting the former company/owners/investors for additional damages.