Posted on 09/09/2017 1:07:43 PM PDT by RBStealth
Amid growing concern/speculation/hysteria that Kaspersky Lab products could be tied to the Russian government, retailer Best Buy has stopped selling its antivirus. Minnesota's StarTribune first reported the move, citing a source who said that the company felt there are "too many unanswered questions" after conducting its own investigation. There's no word on what those questions are, or why Kaspersky's offer to share its source code isn't enough to prove there's no backdoor, and the company hasn't spoken about the move beyond confirming the report. In a tweet, Kaspersky noted its products are available through other retailers and said that while its relationship with Best Buy is suspended, it "may be re-evaluated in the future."
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All antivirus programs are “compromised” in different ways. One has to wonder why Kaspersky (for example) was the only firm to highlight and identify Stuxnet and other viruses, while western companies politely ignored them. I have no doubt they’d shut up about viruses originating from the Russian security services, but the reverse is also true with regard to western firms and western viruses. Overlapping defense is the best strategy.
Ground all Sikorsky Helos!
As if the NSA doesn’t have a backdoor to McCafee, Microsoft Defender, Symantec, etc.
“Overlapping defense is the best strategy.”
That can use a lot of computing power to run multiple defenses. I chose the Linux Mint option once I retired and was no longer tied to Windows.
When I was at the grocery store yesterday, there was still Wish Bone Russian dressing on the shelf.
Will it be there next time?!?
We live in opposite land here in America. That tells me it must be the best one and the one most likely to recognize FBI/CIA/NSA intrusions as a threat.
Chess is a difficult game to concentrate on with all these other distractions. Used to be a time when you could play a game of chess uninterrupted but now everybody’s checking their iPhone and thinking about what to add to the playlist...Steely Dan or War On Drugs? What’s the latest on Hurricane Irma? Did that crazy man in Korea shoot off another missile? Damn, that other guy just took out my bishop. Should have paid more attention.
Bingo.
I guess because of Hillary and the DNC's insistence on staying with the cover story that Russian Hacking elected Trump and not the voters.
I hear that the Russian River is spying on Silicon Valley.
Drinking Black Russians infects your mind ...
I wont put any Russian software or apps on any of my devices, i have zero trust for anything Russian.
Yeah, its much safer to stick to Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and other silicon valley products. You know you can trust them...they are Americans.
Love to know who they donated too and how this plays w/ the Board of BB, nothing is as it seems nothing. Or, someone wants to own that space and they are selling boxes w/ their anti-spyware/anti-virus as part of the preferred suite of products, so they are being nudged out.....
I like Kaspersky! It has protected me from many a link on DU!
I like the free version very much and have now switched from Malwarebytes free. It is very user friendly, requires almost no intervention. Ponied up the 30 dollars or so for their VPN solution as well.
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