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provirus

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    Comment #13490338

    Some of what is was their EULA (which is subject to change), and what they collected (which is subject to change with updates): http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2492599,00.asp …

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    Comment #13490266

    Given how they often MITM the connection they would be able to do things like reorder Google search results. This would be a huge revenue stream. Can also sell browsing data to adv…

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    Comment #13490235

    It's less prevailent and severe, but FOSS sometimes does: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-health-report-u... Th…

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    Comment #13490184

    There has been critics on the quietly updating of root certs by Microsoft. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9789819

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    Comment #13490145

    But not everyone has access to all of your browsing history; especially across browsers and devices. There's Microsoft, Google, and/or Apple have that. The profit models of these b…