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An argument could be made that the US government should try to make nice with Kaspersky, instead of provoking them to be an enemy. Then maybe this would have pl
by natch 9y ago
An argument could be made that the US government should try to make nice with Kaspersky, instead of provoking them to be an enemy. Then maybe this would have played out differently, with a bit more sensitivity to US concerns.
- gumby 9y agoI think the military simply needs to do a better job. After all plenty of covert operations have been exposed in the pass due to innocent civilian observation, thus the military does a better job of hiding things. And indeed, if kaspersky could find something than various sophisticated adversaries certainly could too. So why bother to court that one private company?
- Mononokay 9y ago> So why bother to court that one private company? Because they've seemingly been the leading antivirus company for years? In terms of vulnerabilities found, at least.
- natch 9y agoWell I wasn't saying court them... there is a spectrum of ways to treat companies. Courting is at the far end, right now the US is at the opposite end of that spectrum with respect to its treatment of Kaspersky. Being more toward the middle of the spectrum would also be a possibility. [Edit: ok, "make nice" (my words) does sound like courting, but I was thinking of it in a more neutral way.] That being said, I really don't know whether Kaspersky deserves the treatment it's gotten... not having followed their behavior closely. It very well may, for all I know. But it's possible there is blowback from that.
- elefanten 9y agoSounds like an argument that's probably constantly being made. And constantly being weighed against perceptions of Kaspersky's actions, priorities and good-vs-bad faith mix.