Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working with Russian Intelligence
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Re: Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working with Russian Intelligence
#2As always, any implication that all closed-source software, regardless of company, suffers from similar issues, is conveniently absent. Just as it was during the VW emissions scandal - it's the cheating that was problematic, not that consumers are effectively in the dark about how most of their products operate, and deliberately prevented (successfully or not) from finding out (personally, or done on their behalf by others).
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#3The article seems a bit hyperbolic to me. Expecting a major Russian cybersecurity company not to have any business with its own government is a bit naive. Not all government business is spying and unlawful activities.
From what Bloomberg is sharing with us (I couldn't find those emails), Kaspersky is developing a software solution with defensive and offensive capabilities as well as providing consultancy services to the FSB in hunting down criminals (Bloomberg says Kaspersky is "banging down doors").
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#4Whatever next? Have American AV companies been "Working with American Intelligence"? That would be just as shocking... ;)
Re: Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working with Russian Intelligence
#5Whatever next? Have American AV companies been "Working with American Intelligence"? That would be just as shocking... ;)
I suspect the penalties for not playing ball are more severe in Russia
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#7No shit. This isn't really news, as a few others point out that companies generally tend to work with their respective country's government. You won't see Kaspersky AV on a US government workstation and you won't see McAfee on any of their workstations for example.
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#8No shit. This isn't really news, as a few others point out that companies generally tend to work with their respective country's government. You won't see Kaspersky AV on a US government workstation and you won't see McAfee on any of their workstations for example.
The real news here, the part that makes the US government care, is "As many as 200 million [people] may not know [they use Kaspersky]."
Businessweek buried the lede (potentially-compromised firmware in devices you don't realize carry it) behind the blatantly-obvious (AV companies are not government-independent). Well, that and Kaspersky may have been lying about what connections they do have, but frankly that's not surprising either.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I suspect the penalties for not playing ball are more severe in Russia
In soviet Russia, severe ball plays you!
In Putins Russia, westerners use antiquated soviet metaphors in to maintain a false sense of superiority and unipolar status quo
disclaimer: I like soviet russia jokes
Re: Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working with Russian Intelligence
#10Thank goodness we don't have to worry about the big tech companies working with intelligence services in the USA.