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>Kaspersky: Poorly detected backdoor targeting governments and NGOs around globe Funny, according to the US government, that is what Kaspersky is.
by bragr 4y ago
>Kaspersky: Poorly detected backdoor targeting governments and NGOs around globe
Funny, according to the US government, that is what Kaspersky is.
- DocTomoe 4y agoIn my book, that only increases the trustworthiness of Kaspersky, in the same way that I tend to trust prosecutors whom the Mafia dislikes.
- mgfist 4y agoIn your example it's more like trusting the mobsters that prosecutors are investigating.
- jonathanstrange 4y agoThis might have been a reasonable rationale before the Ukraine war and before the West and Russia went into a pretty much open cyber war against each other. Right now, it's really not a good idea to use a security product from a Russian company (unless you're living in Russia, North Korea, Syria, or Iran, of course).
- twelve40 4y agoopen cyber war, huh? sounds scary! any examples of major recent damage from this cyber war front? aside from stupid script kiddie dossing which dies in a couple days.
- jonathanstrange 4y ago
- ConstantVigil 4y agoAlso according to the US government; weapons of mass destruction are to be found near oil laden countries. Oh wait. But seriously, I always had an inkling of unsureness about using Kaspersky. Could never really place my finger on why. Dodged a bullet I guess?
- vbezhenar 4y agoIf you're a worthy target for Russia, I wouldn't trust it. Otherwise - who cares.
- wongarsu 4y agoYeah, it's all about your threat model. If I was a whistleblower against the US government, Kaspersky would be at the top of my list of "most trustworthy antivirus software". But if you're developing missile defense systems for the US, not so much. Who do you fear most, and who is able to protect you from those people? Sadly there are preciously few neutral parties who'd protect you from everyone, so you have to choose your poison.
- ConstantVigil 4y agoYup. You get it. This is why I tend to not use an Antivirus at all. Kinda stupid, sorta... but you can't have a man in the middle attack occur of any sort; if you don't have any men in the middle...
- ConstantVigil 4y ago
- throw10920 4y agoYou mean the chemical weapons confirmed by both the NYT and the international Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons? https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/world/middleeast/questions-answers-abandoned-chemical-weapons-in-iraq.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/world/middleeast/question... https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/world/middleeast/thousands-of-iraq-chemical-weapons-destroyed-in-open-air-watchdog-says-.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/world/middleeast/thousand... https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/world/cia-is-said-to-have-bought-and-destroyed-iraqi-chemical-weapons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/world/cia-is-said-to-have... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/03/world/middleeast/chemical-weapons-iraq-pentagon-secrets.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/03/world/middlee... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middlee...