2.5 Admins 184: Avast, mateys

More cameras leak footage, Avast is fined for selling user data, a vending machine quietly scans students’ faces, using a small NVMe drive with ZFS, and taking snapshots of VMs.

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“So violated”: Wyze cameras leak footage to strangers for 2nd time in 5 months

Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data

Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

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