Bob Sneidar wrote: > I'm not saying our hackles shouldn't be raised, I'm simply proposing > that if conclusive proof existed which undeniably indicted Kaspersky > of this kind of activity,
When you read the details of the reports you'll see the "conclusive proof" part is going to be hard to get publicly. This involves the national security of multiple nations, so they're not inclined to divulge sources.
I haven't yet read anything from a non-government source confirming these claims, but that may not be surprising given the level of sophistication possible. For example, all AV software requires admin privileges, and they all update themselves. So who can say whether the copy of Kaspersky I run is the same as what someone would be running from a known block of government IP addresses?
There are many ways such software could be difficult for the public to get "conclusive proof" about.
If someone wants to install Kaspersky it doesn't matter to me, as long as they're neither my employee or contractor. At least one of my clients is a federal contractor, so I have to run a clean ship.
Besides, it's not like there's a shortage of reasonably good AV software out there. I can just use anything that isn't hosted on Kremlin-controlled networks.
> it would result in the demise of Kaspersky as a company, In progress: Kaspersky Lab: D.C. office ‘no longer viable’ and will close <https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/08/kaspersky-lab-d-c-office-no-longer-viable-and-will-close/> > and Russia would lose a key source of Signals Intelligence. That seems to be the goal. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
