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<blockquote data-quote="Cr00zng" data-source="post: 1904614" data-attributes="member: 318059">[USER=190607]@Randy B. Singer[/USER]....We are pretty much on the same page, with minor disagreement here and there....What's the difference between a company spying on you vs. allowing a third-party to do the same for a handsome amount? Practically nothing, customers data is collected one way, or another... In my view, &quot;outsourcing&quot; the customers' data collection is probably worse, than selling them directly to a third-party, since the company loose control over just what data will be collected. Despite this, most people believe that Apple devices keep their data private. Apple told them so... oh, the wonderful world of marketing...I find it ironic, that you are so much against A/V software, but then recommend two of them for the Mac. One is licensed, while the other is open source. When Intego calls their protection &quot;VirusBarrierX9&quot;, there's no way to call this software malware protection only, is there? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="/images/smilies/rofl.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl" title="ROFL&nbsp; &nbsp; :rofl" data-shortname=":rofl" />PS: Thanks for teaching me two new words, smarmy and dreck...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cr00zng, post: 1904614, member: 318059"] [USER=190607]@Randy B. Singer[/USER].... We are pretty much on the same page, with minor disagreement here and there.... What's the difference between a company spying on you vs. allowing a third-party to do the same for a handsome amount? Practically nothing, customers data is collected one way, or another... In my view, "outsourcing" the customers' data collection is probably worse, than selling them directly to a third-party, since the company loose control over just what data will be collected. Despite this, most people believe that Apple devices keep their data private. Apple told them so... oh, the wonderful world of marketing... I find it ironic, that you are so much against A/V software, but then recommend two of them for the Mac. One is licensed, while the other is open source. When Intego calls their protection "VirusBarrierX9", there's no way to call this software malware protection only, is there? :eek::rofl [I]PS: Thanks for teaching me two new words, smarmy and dreck...[/I] [/QUOTE]

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