One final comment from me on this topic to set the record straight, won’t respond further since I don’t sense a good faith discussion here. It rarely is when so

One final comment from me on this topic to set the record straight, won’t respond further since I don’t sense a good faith discussion here. It rarely is when someone posts like a dozen comments on a single topic. The thread went like this: - Someone: Kaspersky is arguably the best at the job, was the only one capable of detecting NSA malware at one point. - You: NSA never targets anyone they don’t want to target, and antivirus is useless if you are a target. - Someone: NSA malware also gets leaked into the wild and end up infecting millions. - You: A single example? - Me: A single example (that was arguably digital security story of the year at the time). - You, two comments later: what should NSA do? They don’t need to do shit. Antivirus companies should up their game. In practice though, word on the street (probably backed up by leaked documents too but I’m not sure) is they — including the targeted software vendors, notably Google and Microsoft — often just greenlight their allies’ operations, and issue a low profile patch when it’s really bad.