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Can we get a more authoritative URL over this? If this is even remotely true, this is big news seeing as it'd imply the US government is waging war against Kas

Can we get a more authoritative URL over this? If this is even remotely true, this is big news seeing as it'd imply the US government is waging war against Kaspersky by pressuring big box stores to yank Kaspersky off store shelves (tinfoil hat notwithstanding).

cyberpunk 9y ago
The article links to several el reg stories which seem to corroborate it: 1: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/microsoft_says_it_wont_fix_kernel_flaw_its_not_a_security_issue_apparently/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/microsoft_says_it_wo... 2: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/28/kaspersky_lab_us_staff_questioned_by_fbi/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/28/kaspersky_lab_us_st... 3: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/best_buy_yanks_kaspersky_software/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/best_buy_yanks_kasp...
- lostmsu 9y ago
  The first link actually talks about a non-issue. Antiviruses used undocumented Windows feature. That feature does not work like they thought. Microsoft won't fix it for them.
losteric 9y ago
I can't find an authoritative source on the claims of the "US exploding" in response to "Kaspersky closes CIA backdoor" * GSA already pulled it from their recommended list months ago: https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-us-government-shouldnt-ban-kaspersky-security-software/ https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-us-government-shouldnt-b... * Yes, a Senator was pushing for banning Kaspersky from government infrastructure: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/06/banning_kaspersky_from_us_govt_computers/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/06/banning_kaspersky_f... - not much traction yet * Best Buy, as of a couple days ago, was pulling Kaspersky out of fear of Russian influence: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-kasperskylab-best-buy/best-buy-stops-sale-of-russia-based-kaspersky-products-idUSKCN1BJ2M4 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-kasperskylab-best-buy/... - so far they are alone Now look at the rest of this website and rank their trustworthiness from 1 to 10. Check out those drop-down menus at the top, the sidebar content, their other posts... how trustworthy is this site? This seems like click-bait lies at best. Shouldn't have made it to HN in the first place.
- lj3 9y ago
  All of that only makes me more curious to see if its true. I've been down this road too many times. "The Government isn't doing X. You're a crazy conspiracy theorist." A few years later its revealed that not only is the government doing exactly that, but they're doing a lot more on top of that. This has happened more than a few times in the past 15 years. That doesn't mean that's what's happening here, but it does mean I'm not going to take your suggestion of 'how trustworthy does this feel?' very seriously.

cyberpunk 9y ago

The article links to several el reg stories which seem to corroborate it: 1: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/microsoft_says_it_wont_fix_kernel_flaw_its_not_a_security_issue_apparently/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/microsoft_says_it_wo... 2: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/28/kaspersky_lab_us_staff_questioned_by_fbi/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/28/kaspersky_lab_us_st... 3: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/best_buy_yanks_kaspersky_software/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/08/best_buy_yanks_kasp...

lostmsu 9y ago
The first link actually talks about a non-issue. Antiviruses used undocumented Windows feature. That feature does not work like they thought. Microsoft won't fix it for them.

losteric 9y ago

I can't find an authoritative source on the claims of the "US exploding" in response to "Kaspersky closes CIA backdoor" * GSA already pulled it from their recommended list months ago: https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-us-government-shouldnt-ban-kaspersky-security-software/ https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-us-government-shouldnt-b... * Yes, a Senator was pushing for banning Kaspersky from government infrastructure: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/06/banning_kaspersky_from_us_govt_computers/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/06/banning_kaspersky_f... - not much traction yet * Best Buy, as of a couple days ago, was pulling Kaspersky out of fear of Russian influence: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-kasperskylab-best-buy/best-buy-stops-sale-of-russia-based-kaspersky-products-idUSKCN1BJ2M4 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-kasperskylab-best-buy/... - so far they are alone Now look at the rest of this website and rank their trustworthiness from 1 to 10. Check out those drop-down menus at the top, the sidebar content, their other posts... how trustworthy is this site? This seems like click-bait lies at best. Shouldn't have made it to HN in the first place.

lj3 9y ago
All of that only makes me more curious to see if its true. I've been down this road too many times. "The Government isn't doing X. You're a crazy conspiracy theorist." A few years later its revealed that not only is the government doing exactly that, but they're doing a lot more on top of that. This has happened more than a few times in the past 15 years. That doesn't mean that's what's happening here, but it does mean I'm not going to take your suggestion of 'how trustworthy does this feel?' very seriously.