@Hakakeen,
Are your personal privacy setting set up this way?
https://i.imgur.com/FdG5aq7m.jpg
According to an earlier post, https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=319630.msg1688048#msg1688048 Reply #5, yes they are
What I do see on my free version is the following:
https://i.imgur.com/3n3cknpm.jpg
When you expand that message, you see the following:
https://i.imgur.com/I0v0UmWm.jpg
There is no way to decline the fix and no way to request that this notice not be shown again.
All the items flagged require installing a paid addition or an upgrade to the free version.
I simply ignore that message on the UI screen.
Very first question is whether the company is showing you your actual IP address?
Second question is why?
OF COURSE, Avast can see your IP address, but what is that bovine excrement about a hacker!?
Of course, a darn hacker is going to be seeing all sorts of stuff, but …
Oh my goodness!!
Okay, let me try and calm down. Sorry.
I do not understand this line:
This is 1 of 3 privacy gaps we've detected.
The only way they could claim that they have found that first privacy gap is if they are actually monitoring the hacker’s activity at that very moment when that popup is shown to the customer. And that is bovine excrement, for sure. And I would bet that there is a legal situation here that could have a very negative impact on the company. In most nations or states/prefectures it is the law that you have to report a crime you are witnessing being committed and so if that popup is to be believed they are required by law to notify law enforcement in the locale of that IP address.
Something is very, very wrong here. Absolutely. Very, very wrong.
And if that is NOT your IP address, Bob, then we have a case of false advertising. Possibly there is also a charge that could be made that the company is using inappropriate (false) scare tactics, if that is not your IP address.
This is a “No Win.” situation for this company. To heck with the other two “gaps” they are claiming to know about, that Number One — that first “gap” is already very bad. I mean “very bad” from a public relations point of view.
If I were the owner of this company I would fire the entire legal staff and go find some competent legal minds.
Bad, bad news here. For sure!!!
Thank you for posting that, Bob.
@EdAgee,
You’re making a mountain out of a molehill.
As I stated, I simply ignore that notice since I know it’s a sales pitch.
There’s nothing dangerous that’s being displayed and what is displayed
is common knowledge you can obtain through a simple Google search.
I personally think that it’s the wrong approach to get people to purchase
additional or an upgraded product but, I don’t work for the company.
I also still think I’m getting the best protection possible at any price.
If I didn’t I wouldn’t be here.
With all due respect, Bob, it is exactly that sort of let-them-do-what-they-want attitude that allows the situation to get worse and worse. You are darn right that I am making a mountain out of this. It is wrong. Plain and simple — wrong! But you needn’t concern yourself about my feelings on the matter, because what I will do about this won’t be shown to the public. I don’t work that way. I hate publicity.
And are you making the claim that a Google search can allow somebody to find out what my IP address is?
That’s the claim. Here’s the proof.
https://i.imgur.com/J8zOO9Gm.jpg
Again, you’re making a mountain out of a mole hill
If it upsets you to that extent, you have choices just as I do.
I’ve made my choice pretty clear. Thanks Avast for making this great protection available
totally free of charge.
Wait a moment, Bob. I am fully aware of how to find out my own IP address. That is not the issue. It is when your IP address is recorded in a log or document by an entity that means to do harm that is the issue.
Avast is stating that a hacker has learned your IP address. You really think that is okay?
And the problem, Bob, is where do we draw the line as to what is allowed? It seems to me that step-by-step these tech companies are pushing that line further and further away from fair play.
This isn’t just an Avast issue. The problem is much, much bigger than that.
Companies seem to be able to do whatever they want to do when it is business on the Internet.
But your priorities in your life are none of my business. But if things keeping going as they have been, in 50 years or so the situation is going to be very, very bad. Freedom is not just a matter for those on the surface of the planet. It should extend to our online lives, as well. Like here in this Online Community. You and I are not lesser humans when we are online. We deserve the same rights online as we take for granted when our feet are firmly planted on Mother Earth. It’s just that so many humans never even pay attention to their loss of freedoms in this world we call the Internet.
Oh well. Sorry. I’ll exit this thread and leave you folks alone here. I’ve got two other threads that are very much related to this one that need my attention.
@EdAgee,
You seem to have an agenda and this isn’t that type of forum.
It’s a support forum. As stated, it’s your computer your choice.
I agree, wording of the popups is just outright idiotic and scary for casual users. I’ve hated it ever since, but despite telling developers that they never changed the wording. At least me personally I’ve become entirely numb to the threats it makes, I just close the popup and move on not even really reading what it even says anymore.
This is what most of us are doing. The sad part is that if Avast
really had something important to pass along, most of us would simply ignore or,
not even notice that message.
+1
It is now a reflex action for me.
+2