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If I have to guess I would say that some intelligence agency is monitoring software updates from Kaspersky and they found something unusual, but probably their
by pera 9y ago
If I have to guess I would say that some intelligence agency is monitoring software updates from Kaspersky and they found something unusual, but probably their evidence is circumstantial so they can't go public with it. I don't know how's their update model, but for instance they could skip or delay updates for ongoing operations for specific targets (and this could actually be done even without the consent of Kaspersky). Of course they also can deploy rootkits, but then there is no way to deny wrongdoing...
- tptacek 9y agoI think a lot of what we think we know about this stuff comes from people who preface comments with "if I have to guess" being read by people who skip the first 5 words in those comments.
- pera 9y agoMaybe, but I think that all this speculation is understandable, specially for commercial reasons: what other software companies can do to not be banned.
- tptacek 9y agoIt's totally understandable that people speculate. We're humans, and we're very uncomfortable with incomplete information. Our brains are wired to fill in gaps like this.