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IMHO, the security industry has been guilty of adding complexity to existing systems rather than doing its duty of stripping it away.
by ngneer 10y ago
IMHO, the security industry has been guilty of adding complexity to existing systems rather than doing its duty of stripping it away.
- kbenson 10y agoI'm not really sure I consider McAfee, Norton and the like the security industry. They're definitely a part of it, but in the same way car dealerships are part of the auto industry. They provide a service, but there's a real debate to be had about whether they are more beneficial or harmful.
- ngneer 10y agoFair point, though at times it seems that the markets and regulators in this space tend to favor turnkey products, appliances, et cetera. To ride on your car analogy (pun intended), one finds it is not easy buying directly from a manufacturer, the heavy bias is towards the dealerships.
- empath75 10y agosymmantec is a dumpster fire, according to people I know that work there.
- coderdude 10y agoI think this every time AVG busts out a popup in the middle of a Counter-Strike match. Edit: 5 minutes later, AVG "detected" csgo.exe and asked me if I want to quarantine. Uninstalled.
- toopok4k3 10y agoMaybe csgo.exe does tricks that look like a virus when it's doing its anticheat probing?
- coderdude 10y agoI'll bet you're right about that. To AVG's credit, it may be overly protective and annoying at times but I don't think it has ever let me down outside of being annoying popupware. Maybe I should just finally pay for it like I should have since I've been enjoying their free edition for longer than my memory serves me. Note to self: do the same for Sublime Text.