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I’m of the opinion that 3rd party security software is malware. If it isn’t today, a future acquisition or enshittification ensures that it will be.
by matrix2003 2y ago
I’m of the opinion that 3rd party security software is malware. If it isn’t today, a future acquisition or enshittification ensures that it will be.
- b112 2y agoWhile true, the future is the future, and not entirely relevant. Or do you eschew using a fork, because in 12 weeks in will fall on the floor? Certainly, the problem is secret falls on the floor. The ones we can see can be handled. This problem even happens with brand names, with hardware. You buy a fridge, and a decade later go to buy another. Meanwhile, megacorp has been bought by a conglomerate, and brand name is purposefully crap.
- im3w1l 2y agoImagine, if you will a bed of gold embroidered and wrought with the most excuisite works. Above the bed however is a sharp sword suspended on a single hair of a horse's tail. Would you avoid relaxing on the the bed because the sword may fall and kill you at some point in the future?
- matrix2003 2y agoWhat’s wrong with the brand-name AV engines and security controls shipped with the OS? To me, it’s mostly just a lack of trust on the part of management.
- hermitdev 2y agoKaspersky is/was a brand-name AV. Look at what happened on their way out after the US ban...
- londons_explore 2y agoHave fun running your business with no third party software. You'll have to start by writing your own OS. Speaking of which... it's remarkable that Microsoft Windows probably has code from 50,000 people in it. Yet there haven't been any (public) cases of people sneaking malicious code in. How come?
- robertlagrant 2y agoIf Windows had malicious code in it, would we be able to tell the difference?
- bee_rider 2y agoSure, I’m sure somebody who is going to go through the effort of slipping malicious code into Windows would also make sure to do some QA on it. So it would be suspiciously unbuggy.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoEveryone should build their own security software?
- matrix2003 2y agoAll the major desktop OS have AV engines built by excellent teams. I do trust this more than McAfee or Norton. I also trust it not to take my machine down as much as CrowdStrike.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoYou trust native Windows security? I’m hoping it’s not, but what if a hospital’s decision looks like a choice between ransomware and a root system like crowd strike?