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Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky products on govt devices
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I thought Kaspersky was one of the good guys?
I haven't trusted Kaspersky for a long time, ever since I read this interview.
Wow, fuck whoever said that. Fuck them with a wiffle ball bat.
It was literally Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky.
Didn't he used to be one of the good guys? I remember his antivirus software being very popular among the torrenting community in the early aughts.
Not sure. He’s a KGB-educated Russian billionaire oligarch so take from that what you will.
Almost sounds like the people saying how good his software was worked for him.
So what's a better option in your opinion.
Not doing anything he suggested.
For an antivirus? I'd say just defender & don't open sketchy .exe files for Windows. Otherwise, Linux and don't really worry about it. Keep regular backups either way and you can't go too far wrong.
For the design of the internet, I'd say the opposite of what Kaspersky wants lol
Not OP, but for Enterprise Carbon Black. For personal home use, Windows Defender if you're tech savvy, ESET NOD32 if you're risk adverse or not careful.
Crowdstrike Falcon is also quite solid for enterprise use.
I don't agree with their position but I'm not seeing any bad intentions there.
"There's no evidence that they have any back-doors in their software or any ties to the Russian mafia or state... but there is still a concern that you can't operate in Russia without being controlled by the ruling party"source the CEO was also in the military and was a KGB member, i can see why the concerns
No unclassified evidence you mean.
Not in many years.