cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12277165
FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users’ browsing data to advertisers
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12277165
FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users’ browsing data to advertisers
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.
gen digital owns avast. and the fraudulent subsidiary was closed before the avast-norton merger,
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.
good point ig