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    Mozilla Firefox Avast extensions removed from add-ons 'store'

    Avast and AVG extensions thought to have over-stepped user data collection activity.
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    Re: Mozilla Firefox Avast extensions removed from add-ons 'store'

    CAUGH CAUGH internet security....Karspersky. All VPNs and simply the internet is not private.

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    Re: Mozilla Firefox Avast extensions removed from add-ons 'store'

    Proof (if it were needed) that nothing in life is truly free.

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    Re: Mozilla Firefox Avast extensions removed from add-ons 'store'

    Quote Originally Posted by dannyboy75 View Post
    Proof (if it were needed) that nothing in life is truly free.
    More of the obvious:
    If the product is free, the product is You.

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    Re: Mozilla Firefox Avast extensions removed from add-ons 'store'

    Might I remind everyone of the flip side to having too much security available around your online activities: https://forums.hexus.net/general-dis...-no-words.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Tyson
    like a chihuahua urinating on a towering inferno...

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    Re: Mozilla Firefox Avast extensions removed from add-ons 'store'

    Quote Originally Posted by lumireleon View Post
    CAUGH CAUGH internet security....Karspersky. All VPNs and simply the internet is not private.
    What?

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    Re: Mozilla Firefox Avast extensions removed from add-ons 'store'

    News is that these extensions have been tweaked and are now available again.

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